the growth of Western Civilization

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Western Civilization

A civilization can be alluded to as an organization of social complexity , which tends to share similar habits , traditions , beliefs and the way of life , marked by some specific characteristics and features , living in a certain time period , making these distinguishing features its footing in the history . These distinguishing features of a civilization may include the functioning of its government , economic system , social stratification , and other cultural traits

The Western Civilization alludes to the expansion and grandeur

of the European states , which compromised of different times such as the Classical West , the Medieval West , the Modern Era , and the Cold War West . However , the Western civilization has been rich in classical changes through out its lifetime , and the most widely known periods of this civilization include the Protestant Reformation , Renaissance , and the Middle Ages , which give the West its outlook of today

Causes of the Protestant Reformation

The protestants movement , is considered to be the most influential movements in the history of Christianity , which is believed to have started somewhere in the early 14th Century , and continued up to the 16th century , which relate it to the medieval heritage of the Western Civilization

Since centuries , there had been small groups of people uprising against the working of the Church , against its beliefs of papacy , auricular confession , purgatory , pilgrimages , and worship of saints whereas the first prominent group which came in to bring reform was that of The Brethren...