Chapter 15

Daisy Alcaraz

Patricia Andrews

History

January 29th, 2019

Chapter 15

Daisy 
Andrews
History 

Chapter 15

In Chapter 15 we are exposed to several great and memorable people. People who made a difference in science, philosophy, and religion. Not only does it talk about  people in its time but also about different movements and revolutions. We will begin talking about Wahhabi Islam. During this time a movement broke out that promoted simplicity and strict commitment to the sharia law who coincidentally was run by a man named Abd Al-Wahhab. He was not the only religious person we learned about, we also get introduce to Martin Luther, the theology expert and German Priest who introduced a protestant reform. Like the protestants the catholics also had a reform during this time but there refrome was a bit different since it focused on education and one's responsibility. Coming out with a whole group who encouraged this renewal of catholicism that stated that education was almost as important as preaching, this group was known as the Society of Jesus. Also during this time the Catholics had a movement that was trying to spread to china known as the Jesuits of china where missionaries who took on chinese culture tried to convert the chinese. Not only were the Catholics trying out new reforms and also trying to spread to China, but they were also having a pissing contest with the Protestants which lasted from the 1618 to 1648 which completely emerged all of europe in the middle of this infamous debate which evidently ended with a peace treaty known as the peace of Westphalia. Not only were the catholics in war but they also were trying suppress ideas like the ones of Galileo Galilei. Galileo was an italian astronomer who had been inspired by copernicus and had furthered his ideas but was suppred. He was not the only one who corriled with the church, French philosopher also had his own bone to pick not only with the catholic church but all organized religions. His name was Francois Marie Arouet known as Voltaire. He worked is now seen as an inspiration for the enlightenment era where he questioned the customers and the values of the people by criticising organized religions.