For the last couple of years an item has been circulating around the internet about so-called Facts about the 1500s (sometimes 1600s). A quick search using the search-engine Google pointed to over 400 websites that were carrying this piece. Interesting reading. The problem is that most of it is completely invented. The original author is not credited in any of the versions we have seen. Here we present the original version and our attempt to correct the errors.
The phrase "raining cats and dogs" had nothing to do with animals living in thatched roofs.
Next time you are washing your hands and complain because the water temperature isn't just how you like it, think about how things used to be. Here are some facts about the 1500s. Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May and still smelled pretty good by June. However, they were starting to smell, so brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odor.Canopy beds may have been designed to protect against insects, but they weren't designed to protect against droppings from the roof.
There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house. This posed a real problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppings could really mess up your nice clean bed. Hence, a bed with big posts and a sheet hung over the top afforded some protection. That's how canopy beds came into existence.The phrase "peas porridge in the pot nine days old" had nothing to do with life in the 1500s.
In those old days, they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle that always hung over the fire. Every day they lit the fire and added things to the pot. They ate mostly vegetables and did not get much meat. They would eat the stew for dinner, leaving leftovers in the pot to get cold overnight and then start over the next day. Sometimes the stew had food in it that had been there for quite a while — hence the rhyme, "peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot nine days old."In a nutshell, it meant practically everything.
Religions at that time were a central and critical part of everyone's life. Back then, religions ruled with an iron fist and were very close to state power like kings en emperors. No derogation whatsoever were allowed. Either you followed the dogma of your religion to the letter, or you were risking of being excommunicated. Once excommunicated, you were basically an unwanted outcast in your own former community that no one wanted to be associated with anymore or worse, you were simply put to death.
People back then were also very superstitious. Beside their beliefs in an official religion, there were many other "supernatural" considerations. Things like witches, leprechauns, faeries and events such as comets, solar and moon eclipses etc... Everything, explained or not, came from god, no questions asked.
In conclusion, rationality, critical thinking, empirical knowledge and logic, all assocaited with modern science, didn't really matter to the vast majority of the population simply because it was not even a consideration. It's not until the mid to late late 15Th century that religions started to gradually loose their grip, allowing people to start thinking by themselves, thanks to a few man of science like Copernicus, Galileo Galilei and Johannes Kepler, who proved with the science method that the Earth was not the center of the universe. From there, it's been downhill for practically every religions up to this date. Today, many people still believe is some sort of deity, but we are now far from the draconian clutches religions used to have over the population, except maybe some extremist religious theocratic countries such as Iran, Indonesia and Pakistan.
It started out catholic then protestant, then catholic and protestant etc. etc. This was because their were many different kings and queens with different beliefs.
what was the main religion inlower guinea by the 1500s
the eastern
catholic or protestant. or hindu
If you mean native people back in the 1500s, they were of the Ottawa tribes, along with the Iroquois and the Algonquins.
Yes, religion was a central aspect of life for many people in the 1500s. The Protestant Reformation and Catholic Counter-Reformation were significant movements during this time, shaping the religious landscape in Europe. Most people in Western society were affiliated with either the Catholic Church or a Protestant denomination.
There were no Baptists before the 1500s. The first Baptist church was in 1609.
They were virtually all fought over religion, expansion, and/or politics.
Many Aztecs converted to the religion of Spain.
it made it were new religon went all over the world..
A traditional religion is the religion that is practised by the people living in an area.
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