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Called the Siècle des Lumières, the philosophical movement of the Enlightenment had already started by the early 18th century, when Pierre Bayle launched the popular and scholarly Enlightenment critique of religion. As a skeptic Bayle only partially accepted the philosophy and principles of rationality.
Eurocentrism. A map of the Eastern Hemisphere from Adams Synchronological Chart or Map of History. "The bright colors denote those countries that are the Subjects of history, previous to the discovery of America". Eurocentrism (also Eurocentricity or Western-centrism) [1] refers to viewing the West as the center of world events or superior to ...
The period that is today called early Islamic history was probably not an Islamic, religiously motivated conquest but a secular Arab invasion. [48] Coin of the Rāshidūn Caliphate (632–675 CE). Pseudo-Byzantine type with depictions of the Byzantine emperor Constans II holding the cross-tipped staff and globus cruciger.
Religion has been a major influence on the societies, cultures, traditions, philosophies, artistic expressions and laws within present-day Europe. The largest religion in Europe is Christianity. [1] However, irreligion and practical secularisation are also prominent in some countries. [2] [3] In Southeastern Europe, three countries ( Bosnia and ...
Christianity is still the largest religion in Europe; according to a 2011 survey, 76.2% of Europeans considered themselves Christians. [80] [81] Also according to a study on Religiosity in the European Union in 2012, by Eurobarometer, Christianity is the largest religion in the European Union, accounting for 72% of the EU's population. [82]
Christianity is the largest religion in Europe, with 76.2% of Europeans considering themselves Christian in 2010, [31] As 2010, Catholics were the largest Christian group in Europe, accounting for more than 48% of European Christians.
Arianism ( Koinē Greek: Ἀρειανισμός, Areianismós) [ 1] is a Christological doctrine considered heretical by all modern mainstream branches of Christianity. [ 2] It is first attributed to Arius ( c. AD 256–336 ), [ 1][ 3][ 4] a Christian presbyter who preached and studied in Alexandria, Egypt. [ 1] Arian theology holds that Jesus ...
The history of Europe is traditionally divided into four time periods: prehistoric Europe (prior to about 800 BC), classical antiquity (800 BC to AD 500), the Middle Ages (AD 500–1500), and the modern era (since AD 1500). The first early European modern humans appear in the fossil record about 48,000 years ago, during the Paleolithic era.