Religious Conflict: Protestant Reformation (ARC) (jan 1, 1517 – jan 1, 1517)

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The time period concerning Period 1 was one rife with religious conflict throughout the Old world. Notably, the religious conflict between Christianity and Islam highlighted by the Crusades, and the expulsion of the Moors from the Iberian Peninsula after the Spanish union of Castile and Aragon (thanks to the union of Isabella and Ferdinand) reconquered the stronghold of Granada in Spain, successfully ending the Spanish “Reconquista” and allowing for the expansion west with the advent of reconquered territory, and reignited religious zeal. Further northeastward, the rest of Europe was involved in the struggle of the Protestant Reformation, with the powers of Europe challenging the authority of the Pope notably after Martin Luther’s 95 theses. This conflict resulted in vast cultural and geopolitical changes which forever changed the nations of Christian/Catholic Europe’s relationship with the church, God, and each other (resulting in transnational conflicts including theologically based rebellions and wars). This notably manifested in Spain’s desire to disseminate their culturally specific views of Christianity and God across the world in light of the new rifts between the understanding and adherence of Christianity across Europe’s nations.

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