Catherine of Aragon

I have been reading a book titled "Catherine of Aragon" by Garrett Mattingly. The publisher is Little, Brown and Company and the copyright is dated 1941. What has captured my interest with this book is the dynamics of the different individuals around the year 1500 who impacted what we call the reformation. The political maneuverings of the different leaders, many of which were relatives, opened the door for the reformation. As important as the dynamics were between relatives, economic interests, religious tendancies, human desires, and geographic barriers, there were also the natural events of disease, weather, and what I will call entropy; the tendancy in this world for things to wear out. Columbus, William Tyndale, Catherine of Aragon, Henry VIII, Martin Luther, Charles V, Francis I, the Popes, the Cardinals, the aristocracies of nations, the wealthy, the artists, the scientists, and the working class all contributed to a great reformation of learning, exploration and economic advancement. Today we have a global economic change taking place. The poor of the world are becoming better off. What will the next 500 years look like? We have come a long way in the past 500 years. I am curious as to what you think our world will look like in the year 2500.