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14 08, 2017

Christmas Trees – American holidays

By |2019-12-04T14:57:34-08:00August 14th, 2017|North America, Northern Europe, Religion|Comments Off on Christmas Trees – American holidays

A tree in Germany (late 1700s, by Joseph Keller) - History of Christmas trees Evergreens and the winter holidays Because Christmas is related to old celebrations of the winter solstice, evergreen trees have always [...]

7 08, 2017

Jesuits after 1700 – History of religion

By |2019-10-14T20:49:17-07:00August 7th, 2017|Modern Europe, Religion|Comments Off on Jesuits after 1700 – History of religion

Jesuits after 1700 : Jesuit teachers in Brazil Jesuits become very powerful By the 1700s AD, the Jesuits owned a lot of farms and mines in countries all over the world. The governments [...]

7 08, 2017

History of the Jesuits – Catholicism

By |2019-10-14T20:22:51-07:00August 7th, 2017|Modern Europe, Religion|Comments Off on History of the Jesuits – Catholicism

History of the Jesuits: Ignatius of Loyola, who started the Jesuits Ignatius of Loyola In the early 1500s AD, the Protestants were the new thing in Europe. Protestants were getting more and more popular. [...]

7 08, 2017

European religion – history of religion

By |2020-05-01T07:57:42-07:00August 7th, 2017|Modern Europe, Religion|Comments Off on European religion – history of religion

Catholic monks and nuns - European religion Christians, Jews, and Muslims In 1500 AD, most people in Europe were Christians. A fair number of Europeans were Jewish, and some were Muslims, especially in Eastern [...]

6 08, 2017

European writing – books, poetry, Bibles

By |2018-04-11T18:19:12-07:00August 6th, 2017|History, Modern Europe|Comments Off on European writing – books, poetry, Bibles

Reproduction of a press from Gutenberg's time The invention of the European printing press with moveable type in northern Europe in the late 1400s AD was no accident: publishers had set out to find [...]

6 08, 2017

Protestant Reformation – Early Modern Europe

By |2018-06-20T13:11:49-07:00August 6th, 2017|History, Modern Europe|Comments Off on Protestant Reformation – Early Modern Europe

Catherine de Medici ruled France during the Protestant Reformation What was the Reformation? By the time Francis I of France and Henry VIII of England both died in 1547 AD, attacks by the Ottoman Empire were less [...]

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