blog 5

Blog #5

In this chapter I read about European societies and culture.

I read about the Protestant reformation and how it changed the society of European society. The religious “legitimacy” was accepted into the middle class. It gave females a chance to have female education and literacy.

I also read that religious difference was beginning to lead to violence and to war but eventually the difference in religions began to “co-exist”.  People began to have religious “individualism” and they were also encouraged to read and interpret themselves. They weren’t forced  to go to church to seek salvation.

Then I began to read about Christianity motivated European imperial expansion. Portuguese and Spanish completed the “liberation” of their countries from Muslim control. Settlers and traders brought their religion nd faith with them.

It made me happy that people got the chance to finally have their own views of religion and faith.