Syphilis was transmitted by colon conquerors from America to Europe, according to a study by researchers in the United States and Canada, the first documented case of syphilis in Europe was in 1945 in Naples after the first arrival of the colonists of America to Europe.
<span>Syphilis is a disease which spreads mainly due to sexual contact and starts as a painless sore
There are two theories regarding it but prominent one is The Columbian theory
This theory states that during the voyage of Columbus maany of his crew members came into contact with syphilis bacteria and later when they joined the army of King Charles VIII it spread in euriope
In the second theory people believe that there were symptoms of syphilis even before the Columbian Voyage and the symptoms of syphilis in its tertiary form were described by Hippocrates in Classical Greece</span>
The main way in which the Protestant Reformation contributed to the start of the Enlightenment is that it made people start questioning the teachings and power of the Catholic Church, which made people look to new areas such as science for the answers to life.
