HIS109Y1 Lecture Notes - Iberian Peninsula, Advantageous, Croissant
Document Summary
Trying to make sense of this fundamental change in the human condition by the 16century mind of the. Very different mindset after the reformation; prinicples and ideas that would take on a life and drive certain societies and civilizations. Creation of new states, states coming together because of shared values and foreign oppression. Look in more detail to these fundamental changes: result of instablitiy or causes of instability. Not only was europe internally unstable but instability was being thrused upon this continent from outside solved by tradition method, warfare. These things are so profound and deep that when there had to be a resolution the war would be unspeakable, very very long to allow darwinian concept of the strongest to prevail. Forces working on europe from outside were strong as well shift of power from the mediterannean. End of 15th century, that tradition shifted, mediterranen became just a particularly dangerous place, Cause of this shift are complex, very significant.
