POLS 110 Lecture Notes - Extraterritoriality, World Politics, Jean Bodin
20 Jul 2013
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Europeans rediscovered greco-roman ideas of political authority: believed it was derived from human actions, europeans in the feudal age believed authority came from god. Church derived power from the ignorance of the european masses and their leaders. Origins of the modern state: emerged in the 1600s. The protestant reformation began in 1517 when martin luther posted his 95 theses on the door of the church in wittenberg, Luther was subsequently excommunicated by the pope in. Rome, thus he split with the roman church entirely and offered his own new interpretation of christianity. Several princes within the holy roman empire (modern day. Germany) adopted lutheran christianity and reject the authority of the pope. Giving them more control over their own individual principalities. Protestantism spread throughout the german states, the low. Catholic began to prosecute protestants in majority catholic countries like france.
