Ryan Gaviola
1/29/16
World History
P. 719-739
Reflection
In this chapter Strayer continues his emphasis on cultural change in Europe. Faith was the path to salvation. People used Luther's ideas to justify a revolution which led to protestanism. Most protestant movements offered little opportunity to women. Printing press led to bibles to spread there theologies quickly and effectively. Western Christendom fragmented Luther's 95 thesis, a revolutionary impact, the role of women, the power of the written word, a century of religious warfare, the peace of Westphalia, and catholic counter reformation. Missionaries was spread by Catholicism in the Philippines while Protestantism was spread in New England and in South Africa. Transformation of culture is the dynamic process whereby the living creatures are changing and adapting to external or internal forces. Western or European culture began to undergo rapid change starting with the arrival of Colombus in the New World and continuing with the industrial revolution. The Modern Period served as the watershed moment initiating and forever marking the modern period. Indigenous people are those those groups especially protected in international or national legislation as having a set of specific rights based on their ties to a particular territory.
