Scottish Reformation

The Protestants felt like everything they have worked so hard for was going to be taken away. They did not want to go back to the old way of believing, and give up their new ways of preaching to the people. They wanted to bring religion back to its purest form, and preach from the bible. It threatens to take them back to pre-Revolutionary America. Back to having religion ruled by the pope. They were very afraid that their vision for the new religion was being taken away. They did not want to go

“God save the King,” you could see this phrase plastered on propaganda all around the British empire, but this was more than just a simple phrase. This phrase gives a deeper look into the role that religion played in how the war played out. Although often overlooked, religious propaganda transformed the war and impacted how people saw religion in all parts of the world. Consequently, looking at religious propaganda can help to understand World War 1 on a deeper level and help to understand why people

Kupchan, Charles A. No One’s World: The West, The Rising Rest, and the Coming Global Turn. New York: Oxford University Press, 2012. Terms to be familiar with: Self-westernization janissaries Sunni Islam Shia Islam Samurai warriors political centralization stasis Meiji Restoration Ottoman Empire millet system Pax Britannica Pax Americana Sultan Study Questions: Chapter by Chapter Chapter Three, “The Last Turn: The West Bests the Rest” Chapter Three is Kupchan’s explanation for why “the

The Puritans were a group of people who practiced an extreme version of Christianity. They believed that you should live fully and completely by the bible with no deviation. They were known to be very intensely religious but they loved gaining knowledge and educating their youth. Puritans got their name from wanting to cleanse and make the Church of England pure again. Puritans were facing constant persecution and were called hypocrites. Many people believed they were way too focused on the church

Italy in the 1300’s was a time of turmoil, uncertainty, and corruption. The Catholic church, following the Bubonic plague, gained much control over Italy due to the certainty of death for many citizens at the time. The fear of death the Italian people had further corrupted the Catholic churches organization. Unlike the message of salvation through God, which is typically taught in Catholic monasteries, The Catholic church began to raffle of salvation to the highest bidder. “[T]he implication that

the languages that everyone spoke in Pennsylvania. The settlers didn’t understand each other causing bad things to happen. For instance, a French guy looks at a vase that a Scottish man made. Then the French guy picks up the vase. The Scottish man says,”what are you doing?” Then the French guy doesn't understand the Scottish language. So, he takes it because he might interpret those words as,”Take it for free.”(Or for another

During the Medieval Ages indulgences sold as a way of salvation. These indulgences, sold by the Catholic Church erased one's sins. The Pardoner's Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer demonstrates the religious way of life of commoners in order to show how the Catholic church was in the Medieval Ages. The selling of indulgences and relics were an important factor for religious Catholic leaders. At first these indulgences were a form of salvation and pardon for one's sins. But after they noticed it could

Feudal Japan ( 800­1500) and Feudal Europe ( 800­1868) were both similar and different in many ways. In the medieval period there were some peaceful times, like with Pax Mongolia, but there were also some harsh times, like with Genghis Khan and his reign. They had different views on life and the statuses of particular people, but they also shared a common ground on some important topics and beliefs. Politically they both had a Monarchy. The rulers were weak and the government was decentralized. In

Another case in Nazi Germany where politics were involved with religion was with the Protestant Church. The protestant church was made of by more people than the Nazi Party being it two thirds of germany’s population. It was divided, which made it easier for Nazis to interfere and control it. Hitler set a German protestant church “Reich Church”, followed by people who supported his ideas and led by Ludwig Muller imposed by the Nazis. This church possessed Nazis flags in their churches, Nazis marches

What is exile? Exile is the action of one being kicked out of their home or native land, usually as a punishment. According to Anglo-Saxons, all exile is a model of the banishment of humankind from its rightful place in Heaven. Exile is a pretty frequent theme of Anglo-Saxon literature by symbolizing this in many different scenarios and using different characters and places. Since the religion of christianity was so important to the Anglo-Saxons, this was a scary thing for many of them to find