Protestant Reformation & National Identity PDF

Protestant Reformation - Some wanted change within the Roman Catholic Church so they started the protestant reformation - Martin Luther and the peasants played a role in this movement - Affected the renaissance worldview by translating the Bible into the vernacular which allowed m...

Protestant Reformation - Some wanted change within the Roman Catholic Church so they started the protestant reformation - Martin Luther and the peasants played a role in this movement - Affected the renaissance worldview by translating the Bible into the vernacular which allowed more people to be able to read it in their mother tongue - More people became literate which caused more spread of ideas - The protestant reformation started in Germany National Identity and Citizenship (3 Elements) 1. Social Systems -Exploration of new lands made people feel more optimistic and value the importance of exploration - Citizens could move out of their social classes easier but serfdom still continued -Public services were provided by the government 2. Political and Economic Systems - National economic policies controlled trade and businesses - Laws were set by the king and his people to have better control of the country - Government paid for national projects (e.g: War, exploration) 3. Culture - Religious works were translated into the vernacular which caused more national identity - Middle and Upper classes became literate so they could read more about their society’s history - A national language was chosen for each country Expansionism - Merchants joined forces to fund trips to bring back goods, sharing profits and making trade more important - They wanted direct trade and exploration - Rulers funded voyages to find new routes to the east New Ideas and Knowledge - Aristotle taught a flat round world like a dish, while ptolemy believed in a spherical world with one ocean - Belief that sailing west would reach Asia was influenced by Ptolemy’s idea Interest in Learning More - Because of Humanism, writers began to travel and document them, causing people to want to learn more about the world and explore - Advances in cartography, navigation, and shipbuilding allowed ships to travel further Henry the Navigator - Started a navigation school in Portugal - First to require his captains to keep logs of their journeys, using info from one expedition for the next - Didn't go on any explorations