Reformation and transformation of charity work at the beginning of the new time

Alexander A Bykov,I Ardashkin

doi:10.1051/shsconf/20162801146

Abstract

This article is aimed at studying the transformation of Christian charity at the beginning of the New Time and the analysis of changes ongoing in this sphere. The authors of this research start with the analysis of the situation that had been formed in the economy, culture and activity of the Roman Catholic Church in the late Middle Ages. Such a preliminary excursion into the historical domain is not coincidental. It assists understanding the reasons for the Reformation and later events. However, “in the beginning was the Word”, therefore, the text analyzes the ideas of such founding fathers of Protestantism as Martin Luther, John Calvin, Huldrych Zwingli. The new ideology along with the sociocultural and socioeconomic factors promoted the formation of a radically different and more creative social system, also including the charity sphere that became more rational, practical and rough.

Highlights

The Reformation is the name for one of the largest events in the world history whose title encompasses the whole period of the New Time, from the 16th to the first half of the 17th centuries (“the reformation period” of 1517-1648)
A rise in the economy, trade and culture was observed, but the main “point” of growth was the development of towns and cities
All the radical changes in the world history are connected with the growth of towns and cities in one way or another: these are both the city-states of the Sumerian, the polis cities in the Ancient Greece and Italy, mere towns of medieval Italy as an economic and mental foundation for the Renaissance [3]

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Introduction

The Reformation is the name for one of the largest events in the world history whose title encompasses the whole period of the New Time, from the 16th to the first half of the 17th centuries (“the reformation period” of 1517-1648). The times preceding the Renaissance in the Western Europe witnessed the process of urbanization that undoubtedly influenced all the life spheres of the society, including the social one that was, above all, founded on philanthropic bases. At the beginning of the 16th century, Europe entered a rather complicated and contrasting period that was to change charity as a social and cultural phenomenon.

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