The Black Plague Analysis

In modern society, science, logic, and reason live side-by-side with religious faith. People today have come to terms with scientific facts and what their religion tells them. But was the divide between scientific thinking and blind faith always so clear? Thousands of years ago, the darkness of the Middle Ages in Europe gave light to an age of knowledge and enlightenment, when faith took the backseat to scientific and logical thinking. This new age didn’t just take place immediately, however. The entire continent of Europe made the gradual but significant movement from complete religious faith to logic and reasoning because of the factors that pushed and pulled on the population and the Church. The Black Plague was running rampant, spreading …show more content…
Muslims used Greek texts and made advancements in chemistry, physics, astronomy, algebra, trigonometry, geometry, surgery, and medicine. Muslims developed the 10-digit number system we use today. Islamic culture prospered, with guitars, mosaics, luxury food items, silk, linen, and velvet as well as handkerchiefs. All of these things were introduced to Europe through a process called cultural diffusion.-- when cultures spread to different nationalities and ethnicities. Islamic and Christian Kingdoms lived side by side, allowing them to collaborate, and share knowledge as well as culture. All these Muslim luxury items and knowledge made Christians realize how pleasantly Muslims lived. This made them think that even though they were waiting for the afterlife, why couldn’t they live their lives now as best as possible? Now that the Black Plague had stripped them of their faith, this Muslim way of observation and experimentation intrigued and inspired Europeans. It made sense, and Christians realized all Muslim knowledge was not collected by faith, but …show more content…
Then came the printing press, invented by Johannes Gutenberg. Printing, which was previously rare, began to become more popular in government and business. The Church overprinted the Bible to push their religion on others, but people wanted more variety of books. As more books were printed, more people began to be literate and educated. Humanism, the idea that humans were the measure of all things, and that their achievements, education, and knowledge were of primary importance, flourished. Now that people were educated, they questioned faith because it had no proof. They turned to reason and experimentation, introduced by Muslims, because it was backed up by evidence, and it made sense with their new