Changing Identities and Beliefs in Europe and the Americas
The middle ages was a dark, cruel and brutal, and came to an end in slow steady process which led it into the renaissance. Though there is no clear line between the two periods in Europe, the main aspects of the renaissance period was the rise in humanism: “a change in attitude about humanity in dialogue with the new and the old” (Hare, 30/8/16). This meant that it was time when people were began to look at the older civilizations such as the ancient Greeks and Romans, and seeing how to incorporate some of their philosophies, art, and system of organization, into the newer societies like their own as well as those in the colonies. This was also when the printing press was invented which meant that these ideas began to spread much faster over larger areas than before, leading to much more access in different perspectives that were unable to come to the limelight before. As the Europeans came into contact with the people in the Americas, people began to debate about the worth of human beings and what it meant to be human, which bled into other areas like religion (that they are worthy to criticize it), and ideals of society. Also, as different cultures began to meet and interact, they began to get influenced by each other. This resulted in the mixing of some …show more content…
For example, Antonio Ruiz Montoya, a Jesuit priest that wrote about the conversion of Guaranis, speaks about how the priests converted many pagans into Christianity, baptizing hundreds a day, and others close to converting. He talks about how large numbers of the Guarani attend mass every Sunday, and the pagans are always disappointed that are not allowed to stay after, about how those that rebelled against Christianity would eventually realize their mistake and convert, and about how many caciques would readily convert to
The middle ages was a dark, cruel and brutal, and came to an end in slow steady process which led it into the renaissance. Though there is no clear line between the two periods in Europe, the main aspects of the renaissance period was the rise in humanism: “a change in attitude about humanity in dialogue with the new and the old” (Hare, 30/8/16). This meant that it was time when people were began to look at the older civilizations such as the ancient Greeks and Romans, and seeing how to incorporate some of their philosophies, art, and system of organization, into the newer societies like their own as well as those in the colonies. This was also when the printing press was invented which meant that these ideas began to spread much faster over larger areas than before, leading to much more access in different perspectives that were unable to come to the limelight before. As the Europeans came into contact with the people in the Americas, people began to debate about the worth of human beings and what it meant to be human, which bled into other areas like religion (that they are worthy to criticize it), and ideals of society. Also, as different cultures began to meet and interact, they began to get influenced by each other. This resulted in the mixing of some …show more content…
For example, Antonio Ruiz Montoya, a Jesuit priest that wrote about the conversion of Guaranis, speaks about how the priests converted many pagans into Christianity, baptizing hundreds a day, and others close to converting. He talks about how large numbers of the Guarani attend mass every Sunday, and the pagans are always disappointed that are not allowed to stay after, about how those that rebelled against Christianity would eventually realize their mistake and convert, and about how many caciques would readily convert to