EUROPE HITS PUBERTY

The the end of religious unity, combined with the emergence of small, competing states in Europe precipated many religious, intellectual, and economic changes that characterized the era between 1500-1800.

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This religious map of Europe in 1600 shows the end of religious unity, which made challenging the church safer and changed religious, economic, and intellectual life

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This text, which was published in the same decade as Martin Luther's 95 theses, shows the changing nature of government

POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS CHANGES AFFECT RELIGIOUS LIFE

• The church lose political power
• It becomes safer to challenge the church
• Examples being: Martin Luther, John Calvin, John Wycliffe
• Religion and statecraft are tied: Church of England

POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS CHANGES FUEL THE DEVELOPMENT OF CAPITALISM

• Less money due to church
• Small states need trading companies to finance imperial ventures
• Protestantism emphasizes individuality and hard work - capitalist values

INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT

• Doubt in the church sparks intellectual development
• Church loses power to logic and reasoning
• Scientific revolution: Galileo, Châtelet
• Changing nature of government fuels enlightenment
• Locke, Rosseau, Voltaire