Major political, religious, and scientific ideologies through out time have greatly influenced Germans’ views and understandings of people of African Descent. Two major time periods that have played the biggest role were Medieval Germany and the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment. In this paper I will discuss how Medieval Germany played a role in shaping the first perspectives of Blacks through universalism. However it is important to note, this perspective has changed dramatically after the Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment with a new emphasis on what makes an individual different through the creation of race. Through out these time periods, I will show how the changing perspectives of Blacks through the arts, the German Court system and the role of race on perception. However to understand these examples, it is important to learn about the environment that existed during each time period.
Medieval Europe occurred during 1000s to the 1400s and had a hierarchy based primarily on religion that governed many courts. Medieval …show more content…
Grim describes Saint Maurice as a knight who was, “effective against the barbarous heathens of Europe and became patron saint of medieval Germany’s eastern empire and consecrated the cathedral of the Archdiocese of Magdeburg for St. Maurice.” (Grimm, 127). This passage is important because it showed the prestige an individual of African Descent could have gained during Medieval Germany. Not only could an individual of African descent hold a position, they could also be given a huge amount of power and decision making in the German Empire. Saint Maurice helped support the idea of universalism by helping spread and conquer foreign kingdoms on non-believers in order to spread the Christian word of God. His power was widely respected and he was not viewed by his skin color alone or but, but by his actions as a man and
Medieval Europe occurred during 1000s to the 1400s and had a hierarchy based primarily on religion that governed many courts. Medieval …show more content…
Grim describes Saint Maurice as a knight who was, “effective against the barbarous heathens of Europe and became patron saint of medieval Germany’s eastern empire and consecrated the cathedral of the Archdiocese of Magdeburg for St. Maurice.” (Grimm, 127). This passage is important because it showed the prestige an individual of African Descent could have gained during Medieval Germany. Not only could an individual of African descent hold a position, they could also be given a huge amount of power and decision making in the German Empire. Saint Maurice helped support the idea of universalism by helping spread and conquer foreign kingdoms on non-believers in order to spread the Christian word of God. His power was widely respected and he was not viewed by his skin color alone or but, but by his actions as a man and