HISTORY 7A Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Sub-Saharan Africa, Ninety-Five Theses, Purgatory
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Dreams of a new world: breaking the chain a. New world wealth as a source of power i. Lust for gold and silver drives colonization of the americas. Gold and silver were a source of stable money in europe and asia but europe had scarce mineral resources a) The first century of spanish exploration was for gold and silver a) Potosi in peru became a flourishing city of. 20,000 people because of the demand for silver b. Religion: reformation challenge to the traditional church i. Martin luther was a german friar who comes out with a series of challenges against the roman catholic church in 1517 called 95 theses. Services were in latin, which most common people didn"t understand. The printing press was gaining popularity, so luther mass-produced bibles after translating them into. Over time, the church had developed practices that deviated from the bible a) Luther wants to reform the church, not overthrow it a)
