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Protestantism was most widespread in northern Europe -- Germany, Scandinavia, England. Switzerland had much Protestantism also in some cantons due to the influence of reformers like Zwingli and Hus.
Proximity to Rome was one factor. The Italian states remained within the Catholic fold.
Political factors also made a difference. In states with a strong central monarch that was Catholic (such as Spain or France), the country was maintained as a Catholic territory. In regions where individual princes had more autonomy--such as Germany--there could be Protestant growth principality by principality. And where there were strong monarchs who wanted independence from Rome's authority, such as England, Protestantism held more sway also.
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The Enlightenment, a philosophical movement that dominated in Europe during the 18th century, was centered around the idea that reason is <u>the primary source of authority and legitimacy,</u> and advocated such ideals as liberty, progress, tolerance, fraternity, constitutional government, and separation of church and state.
Laura Esquivel is a Mexican writer, famously known for having written: "Como agua para chocolate" (Like water for chocolate).
In one of her texts, she describes how magical and unique were her experiences early as a child when being part of the "ceremony" her mother and grandmother would make in order to prepare the food they were going to eat. In one of those occasions, she was warned by one of the Help not to step on a corn kernel because the God of the Corn was inside it and she had to be respectful to it. Later, she moved away, left the kitchen stories behind, and learned all sorts of things. Among them, she realized the God of Corn belonged to the primitive magical thinking (mythic belief system of the native communities) of humans which has no place in the rational, scientific and modern world. Nevertheless, within the years, she saw herself repeating not only the steps to cook a certain dish but also the stories the women of her family would tell her. That way she integrated her past with the cooking and found herself stopping her own daughter from stepping on a kernel of corn, because, as she was taught, there it was the God of Corn. She learned to give the food the importance it was given many many years ago, especially the corn, which was a symbol of life, fertility and prosperity for the ancient Mexicans.
The phrase “making a mountain out of a molehill” is an idiom which refers to when someone makes a big deal out of something small. In literal terms, it means when there is a molehill (a very small pile of dirt similar to an anthill), and someone pretends it is a mountain.
Example: someone goes into their yard and screams “there is a freaking mountain in my yard” and treating it like it is the biggest deal in the world that a mountain appeared out of nowhere, but in reality it is a 2 inch high pile of dirt, or a molehill
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