Religion

Papacy – central government of Latin Christianity was simultaneously gaining stature and suffering from corruption Indulgence – forgiveness of the punishment due from past sins. Martin Luther young proffesor of sacred sculpture Luther rejected popes’s authority and began the movement known as the protestant reformation John Calvin highly influencal protestant leader Widespread witch hunts that protestants and catholics undertook continuted to generate animosity in modern Europe People believed that natural events could have supernatural causes Fear of witches swept across Northern Europe Aristole greatest authority in physics and math Galielo made telescope At the top of the social pyramid were a small number of noble familys, at the base were rural peasants