I finally realized today why politics and religion yield such uniquely useless discussions. As a rule, any mention of religion on an online forum degenerates into a religious argument. Why? Why does this happen with religion and not with Javascript or baking or other topics people talk about on forums? What's different about religion is that people don't feel they need to have any particular expertise to have opinions about it. All they need is strongly held beliefs, and anyone can have those…
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Politics from the Medieval ages to the Renaissance drastically changed as life became more Humanist. Due to life in the renaissance being more focused on the individual, it had a drastic effect on politics. Politics became more diplomatic, there were less feuds between the nobility and Monarchs strived to take away power from the nobility in attempts to make themselves stronger, reflecting the individualistic values at the time. This change to more diplomatic politics is even reflected in our own…
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used to as the leader of Scotland (James I). James I was unable to effectively manipulate the politics of England and gained fewer allies than he gained enemies to his monarchical rule. In England the stage had already been set for war with all it’s religious conflicts in the 1500’s. The misfortune of James I’s rule seemed never ending as in 1618, as James was having severe health problems the Thirty Years War began (James I). As fighting between Protestants and Catholics broke out, James was affronted…
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Two religions coexisting peacefully was unheard of so the Europeans naturally started fighting over differences in their beliefs. The Thirty Years’ War started out as a religious conflict between the Catholic and Protestant rulers and eventually turned into thirty years of fighting beyond religion. The Peace of Westphalia, which ended the Thirty Years’ War, moved Europe in a new direction by contributing to rising tolerance of Protestant religions, mainly Calvinism, which in turn weakened the Catholic…
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options for restricting the expansion of slavery further into the west and ending slavery all together. The abolition of slavery began in the age of Abraham Lincoln. According to the Chicago Historical Society, As early as the debates over the Declaration of Independence, slavery had divided Americans. But not until the 1830s did a mass movement, inspired by religious revivals that swept much of the North, emerge favoring the abolition of slavery. Unlike previous opponents of slavery, abolitionists demanded…
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to the alteration in Japan Introduction The feudal period in Japanese history generally refers to the era of 700 years from the establishment of the war regime in the late 12th century to the fall of the war regime by the Meiji Restoration in the late 19th century. On a basis of the end of the 16th century, it was divided into early and later ages, and the early period was called medieval and the later period was called modern day. The medieval period was the period before the establishment of the…
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Reformation changed many people’s religious outlook, their political and ethnic perspectives remained unchanged. The europeans remained distrusting of the Muslims of North Africa and the Middle East, while viewing the natives of the Americas and sub-Saharan Africa as almost sub-human. In the wake of the Reformation, the political status of most of Europe remained unchanged. Monarchs and nobles continued to dominate politics and even, at times, dominated religious…
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Absolutism- After the weakening patterns, Europe began a remarkable recovery that encompassed a revival of arts and letters, known as the Renaissance. Including a religious Renaissance in the sixteenth century, known as the Reformation. The resulting religious division of Europe was instrumental in triggering a series of wars that dominated much of economic and social crisis that were besetting the region. One of the responses to the crisis of the seventeenth century was a search for order. The most…
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King Henry VIII, who challenged and questioned the church and its authority. The Reformation included the Counter Reformation, which included King Henry VIII and the Protestant reformation, which included Martin Luther. For most of the European Middle Ages, the Catholic Church dictated the European citizens. Martin Luther was once asked to go to Rome on a mission, as this is where he believed that the Church was slowly becoming corrupt, as when mass was celebrated, they were celebrated quite fast. Being…
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a. What were the current crises and achievements of seventeenth-century European states? The 17th century is known as the "Age of Crisis" because Europe suffered multiple crises in quick succession and almost collapsed. However, despite the crises Europe suffered, the nations of Europe were able to have achievements that benefitted them for the future. The first crisis Europe experienced was when it fell into an economic crisis and was in desperate need of money. To increase its revenue, the governments…
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