Europe's (and Russia's) View of Truth from the 1400's to the early 1700's.

Between the 1400's and the early 1700's what Europeans considered to be true had changed. By the 1400's the renaissance had completely been started and was going strong, and Florence was a major part of the world. It had the best banks and the best artists; overall, it was basically the center of the world. In the 1500's Martin Luther had begun the protestant reformation. Luther had many ideas that criticized the church. By around …

…was going on in the world around them. Everything that Peter had done for Russia had made Russia more aware and much more alike the European countries. Europe's view of truth had changed greatly from the 1400's to the early 1700's. Their view of truth had also been influenced by events that had happened in the past. For example the Crusades had left European Christians with them thinking it was their job to convert everybody.