Dbq Chapter 19

During the early Modern era to the present, the printing press has made a dramatic effect on the Western society. During the early modern era, the printing press was a cheap and effective way to spread the word of the Bible to anyone that could read, increase knowledge and provide education to the world. The printing press allowed people to create and copy the Bible so anyone can have access to the Bible. Along with the Bible, more books were created such as textbooks for schools, reading books for education or entertainment, research and more. As time continues on, printing press created different ways to spread information around.

The first reason the Dark Ages were not as dark as the name claims for them to be, is because during the Dark Ages there were tons of advances in education. The information in Doc A that claims “Europe suffered a decline in commerce and manufacturing, in education, in literature and the arts and in almost all that makes possible a high civilization.” is completely biased. And that the Dark Ages “Did not support learning” (Background Information) which is completely untrue. During the Dark Ages, there were still people learning and teaching. One of them being a monk named Richer, who “went to the town of Chartres, in what is today France, to study.”

Elegant and charming, an 18th-century painting shows a young woman who gazes straight in front of her and holds a basket of fruits on a rural background. However, the model is different from the traditional upper-class portrait painting because she is a black slave woman. 18th-century portrait painting 's goal was to illustrate a human subject for public and private persons, or the inspiration by admiration or affection for the person. It was often necessary to state and record the family as primarily commemorating the rich and powerful historically class in portrait paintings.

In 1040 the printing press was invented, thus allowing reformist to educate people, and question their teachings from the Catholic Church. Martin Luther reflected on his beliefs and questioned the vow he took

1. The Reformation was a period where men like Martin Luther challenged the teachings and authority of the Roman Catholic Church. However, before the Reformation, the Church had to deal with problems such as the Sack of Rome. In 1527, Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V, had his own troops come against the city of Rome, take the city over, and imprison Pope Clement VII. While the Church was trying to deal with outer conflicts, there was a problem that was rising from within.

The Protestant Reformation had a huge impact in all Europe in the sixteen century, but which ones were the factors that lead to it? It is very important to highlight that the European Christianity was falling into a noticeable corruption of its popes and some other high position members. Robbery, and even warriors were among of some factors that took the Cristian Church to a declining path. One of these examples was the Pope Julius II, which one won the nickname “the warrior pope” because he led armies against people. Furthermore, the church was not the only factor promoting this reformation, some other social changes were occurring with the masses in Europe; many of the peasants were being free especially in the western Europe.

INTRODUCTION The printing press was invented in the 15th century by Johannes Gutenberg taking the place of the scribal medium and helping to push society from medieval to early modern. And while the printing press did just that it also helped to influence exploration and reformation. Both were greatly impacted by the printing press but…which one was impacted more? We were given the opportunity to choose what we thought was more impactful in class.

When Johannes Gutenberg invented movable type in the 1400s, making mass production of the written word possible, authorities were enthusiastic. Early printers produced Bibles and religious tracts, which were consistent with the values of the intertwined institutions of state and church. It did not occur to anybody that the new invention might be used for heretical or traitorous purposes. Later, occasional tracts appeared that challenged the authorities, but their threat was easily dismissed because, even in the early 1500s, printing was still mostly in Latin, which could be read only by the ruling elite. Most common people were unable to read even their native language, let alone Latin.

The Influence of Religion The Gutenberg printing press, which printed the very first Bible in 1445, helped spread religion throughout the Holy Roman Empire, and other regions. The spread of the Bible caused perspectives to change regarding religion which led to the rebellion of peasants. It can be argued that religion had nothing to do with the revolt of peasants, however, the different point of views of whether or not peasants should be treated the same caused the peasant uprising in Germany from 1524 to 1525. Religion helped the peasants realize they should not be held as serfs anymore.

With the use of the printing press, Luther and Calvin’s beliefs were spread ultimately leading to religious, political, and social changes.

Coming out of the 15th century, the modern nations of the Europe, namely France, England, and Spain, were looking to free themselves of the past powers that dominated them which was mainly the Catholic Church and the German empire. Along with his questioning of institutions of the past, came the invention of the printing press that

He introduces faith programs in the church aimed at improving the faith of the catholic young people. This is whereby the church shows young people ways of engaging their lives to the right activities (Thomas, 225). The church life experiences enable young people to experience God’s principles which had been lost in the western theology of understanding faith based on the authority. Rausch explores the ways the Catholic Church used to find a common ground in the divided church by giving teachings that reflects faith as a critical requirement to the faithful of the catholic tradition.

One of the two main reformers at the time was a Catholic priest named, Desiderius Erasmus who was from Rotterdam Holland and worked to reform the Roman Catholic Church. The other reformer from this time was Martin Luther, who was from Germany. With Luther’s concerns, there was a “practice of selling indulgences and the excessive veneration of saints and their relics, which he considered superstitious” (Stockstad & Cothren, p. 693). With Luther and others emphasizing individual faiths and referred to the Bible as religious authority, this had challenged the pope’s supremacy and made the Protestants want to break away from Rome. The increased literacy and use of the printing press was helpful to the reformers and it even allowed European scholars

Main Causes of the Reformation There are many reasons why the Reformation occurred and what the main causes were. Many priests were illiterate and did not teach the same values to people that were contained in the Bible. Indulgences were widely disputed because some religious figures deemed them arbitrary and to others it seemed ridiculous that you could pay money and be absolved of sin. Additionally, many people became more skeptical of the church after several popes turned out to be incorrect on matters of faith.

During the Renaissance was spreading in Europe, in 1450s a German scientist Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press, which made him the most influential person of the last thousand years, who put the end of a long evolution in human communication. The most important consequences of the printing press were the expanding knowledge to the world, the spread of religion and the development of science. The invention of printing press expanded the knowledge of the people about the world and the things that happened during the time. Printing press spread the knowledge to the people by maps and geographic images.