HIS-1102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Fokker E.Ii, George Santayana
22 Jan 2017
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Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. -george santayana (1863- What has caused the repeated massacres: bartolomeo de las casas- wrote the destruction of the indes , which describes. Between 1492 and 1600, the population of the americas declined 90% Tens of millions died of disease (15 to 20 million)- smallpox was the worst disease. Tens of thousands at the hands of the european conquerors: native priests eliminated based in heresy, and religious writings burned. They believed their god"s power was proven through conquest. 1572- st. bartholomew"s day massacre, paris, august 24: french wars of religion (1562-1610, catholics vs. protestants, huguenots invited for marriage of henry of navarre (protestant) to. Margaret valois (catholic), catholics decided to band together and massacre the protestants. The catholics felt that the protestants created division in france, and the only way to bring the nation together was to kill the protestants.
