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Candide’s Journey. To follow Candide’s journey, click on each white circle on the map. Information pertaining to the place and Voltaire will appear. Once you are finished reading the information and would like to move on, click the red X. Begin the journey in Germany. . Candide’s Journey.
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Candide’s Journey To follow Candide’s journey, click on each white circle on the map. Information pertaining to the place and Voltaire will appear. Once you are finished reading the information and would like to move on, click the red X. Begin the journey in Germany.
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Candide’s Journey • Lisbon • Voltaire is referencing the historical earthquake that occurred on the morning of All Saint’s Day, November 1, 1755. The quake was 6 minutes and killed 15,000 people. • Voltaire was infuriated by the public’s reaction to the natural disaster. They blamed it on religion. This led to a philosophical debate between Rousseau and Voltaire in which Rousseau claimed that man is responsible for the quake due to the original sin; he reinforces Leibniz’s theory that everything must be for the best in the best of all possible worlds. • Spanish Inquisition- Officially instituted in 1478 by the Roman Catholic church to help the Spanish Monarchy to seek out and punish heretics. Notorious for brutal practices such as torturing victims. Voltaire is once again satirizing the hypocrisy of the church. • X
Candide’s Journey • Cadiz • Voltaire is commenting on several of the religious orders such as the Jesuits inciting rebellion , the Franciscan’s suspected of stealing the jewels, and the Benedictines being cheap. • “Religious orders, like the ancient Benedictines, founded in the 6th century, were at first monastic and lived apart from the world. Others, like the Jesuits (Society of Jesus), begun in 1539 and were involved in the world as active missionaries, teachers, and even advisors to kings. The Franciscans, founded by St. Francis of Assisi in the 13th century as a reaction to earlier corruption of the clergy, began as wandering preachers devoted to a life of poverty. Though most orders shared an original commitment to maintaining the pure, spiritual life, many gradually became more and more involved in the material world. • Well before the 18th century, religious orders had been criticized frequently for their wealth, their meddling in political affairs, and their "worldliness." Voltaire's depiction of abuses by the religious orders is not unique. Lecherous priests and thieving monks were common in humorous works from the Middle Ages on. The English writer Chaucer (1340?-1400) and the Italian writer Boccaccio (1313-1375) both satirized the clergy in their great works, The Canterbury Tales and The Decameron.” • X
Candide’s Adventures in the New World Candide returns to Europe. Click this box to proceed.
Allusions in Chapter 25 Click here to continue on Candide’s journey
