Early Modern Contributions of history

The Historiography of the Reformation

The reformation could possibly be described as one of the most significant dividers between Europeans since the dissolving of the Roman Empire . It was an ascending force from the medieval age into a modern age . Though most monarchs were still staunch supporters of the pope for the first in Western Europe , the Catholic Church was being questioned , protested , and rejected by the peasantry along with the aristocracy . A value over spirituality was beginning to take authority of religion versus the corrupt rituals of the stubborn Romans p

Again , part of the reasons why so many began to rise up with Martin Luther was due to the Church 's corrupt abuses . The selling of indulgences was an outrage to Luther . A lack of reform and understanding led to more frustrations . Having a Latin mass became something of oppression , thus , encouraging Luther to translate the Bible into German , for all his people to read . Luther 's anti-subservient preaching began to inspire the peasants to rise up against their lords in response to the economic burdens of that time . A response to the outdated , feudal tyranny

In conjunction with this , the reformation also paved the way for forms of nationalism . The Holy Roman Empire was irreversibly weakened , for instance , dividing the territory based on the rulers own faith . A good majority of Germans converted to Protestantism in to avoid more foreign influence of their principalities . The weakening of the Catholic Church would allow for the Holy Roman Empire...