I realize
that these blogs are taking up a long time. But the topic is vital for us today
because there are so many who have given us a false idea of where we as
Westerners have come from. Why? In an attempt to put down Christianity and to
make us feel less proud of our values. Multiculturalism in all its silliness is
on the rise, so the West has to be brought low. Sad . . .
Stark begins
chapter 9 of his book How the West Won by attacking revisionist scholars
in another area. Many of them claim Europe's industrial and technological lead
over the rest of the world developed only recently. Some even claim that the
West stole it all from Asia.
But he says
the reality is that medieval Europe, home to Christianity, was responsible for
this rise of technology and industry. It
was during this time that the rise of banking, elaborate manufacturing
networks, rapid innovations in technology and finance, and a busy network of
trading cities occurred. For example,
English capitalism arose because of political freedom as seen in the Magna Carta;
English merchants enjoyed secure property rights and free markets. Capitalism
became essential to England's industrialization.
The most
remarkable technological progress in that era was occurring in Europe, not
elsewhere. From 1200 through 1500 European technology was rapidly improving in many areas that Stark mentions. I'll list just a few critical areas he discusses--metallurgy, ships, and armaments.
So, another
slur against the West (and Christianity in particular) has been laid to rest.
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