PSYC 403 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Spanish Inquisition, Protestantism, Egocentrism
23 Dec 2015
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Music developed intensively during and after the renaissance. Spanish inquisition when ferdinand and isabella took over in 1478. lots of burning. The reformation by martin luther, where he created protestantism as a result of people protesting against the abuse of power that was everywhere within the catholic religion. There was a lot of showing off of wealth, so there was more and more taxation. As an augustinian monk, he believed in st. augustine"s philosophy of humility, modesty, and direct conversation with god. The renaissance movement was directly against this philosophy. He wanted the teachings of jesus to be the central focal point, not this extreme egocentrism. Schooling continued to grow: people focused more on mathematics, but not pythagorean maths, the more practical kind. Machiavelli comes forward with essays on how to govern, how to manage the crown, he"s cynical, and this is very amoral. diplomacy and if necessary, intrigues.
