Social Changes In Early Modern Europe

The time of Early Modern Europe proved to be a time of great change in many areas of the world. During this period in Europe, new ideas that changed the world started to emerge, and many advances were made in politics, religion, and economics. During early modern europe, the way people interacted with one another as well as their lives changed forever due to social factors, such as inequality between the classes, and ideas about Religion and Government. From the start of the Early Modern Period, it was clear that there were going to be new divisions between the rich and the poor.The rise of the bourgeoisie, or the middle class after the fall of feudalism introduced a mid point between the peasants and the upper class, which had never existed

One of the big new developments of religion during this time was protestantism during the protestant reformation. After studying the works of the Church fathers and the Christian humanists, Martin Luther came to a realization that changed christianity forever. After Luther’s intensive study, he realized that being a good christian did not depend on performing good works alone, which was what the catholic church preached, but rather on believing in God’s salvation. After seeing an indulgence seller named Tetzel who was known for being manipulative, Martin Luther wrote up his 95 to try to fix the church, and he started to gain lots of followers. Protestantism started to get so big that it inspired other people to challenge the church. This resulted in many groups that responded to luther’s ideas, including Anabaptists, Anglicans, and Calvinists. However, the Catholic Church did not like this new challenge to their authority. The protestant reformation was the first time someone challenged the church and was successful, and this led to many conflicts between catholics and

The Thirty Years War starts in the Holy Roman Empire, with the Defenestration of Prague, where Catholics literally threw Protestants out the window. The Thirty Years War ended with the peace of Westphalia in 1648, but it caused so much unnecessary bloodshed. As a result of new ideas about religion, the people in Early Modern Europe were even more divided than before. These new ideas led to tensions that lasted for years and resulted in long, brutal wars. On the other hand, there were other new ideas that came up during the Early Modern Period in Europe that unified the people. New ideas about Kings and the power of the people started to emerge during this time, such as the idea of having a Parliament that was more powerful than the King, which was unheard of. This granted more rights to the people, such as no martial law, no taxation without representation, and no quartering troops. However, the King and Parliament did not always get along. Charles the First did not have a good relationship with parliament, calling Parliament, and then dissolving it because he thought their demands were too much. Parliament eventually executed Charles the First after he does not grants rights as he agreed to do according to an agreement he made before borrowing money to fight a