How Did The Renaissance Influence Today
The Renaissance, also known as the “rebirth”, was a period of time that changed the course of history. This period was fueled by focusing on humans and their worth. As this way of thinking progressed further and further, so did people’s belief systems and ideas. What once was a society that was driven solely by God under the power of the Church and Pope was being to shift to a logically thinking, science and reason fueled culture that we see today causing a multitude of challenges for the Church.
Around the year 1300 is when the Renaissance began. About one hundred years later, from 1400 to about 1650 is the period of time known as the Renaissance Humanism. During this time frame a new way of thinking took over society. This was known as Humanism. Humanism had a goal of focusing on the people and aimed …show more content…
to replace the emphasis on philosophies and logic with the study of ancient history, literature and ethics.
One family particularly, the Medici family, were big supporters of the arts and sciences being discovered in this time. They used their money to fund many of the works that came out of the Renaissance. One of the big influences of Humanism that allowed it to spread vast and quickly was the invention of the printing press. Now more people were able to see different ideas in their own language. This especially became important when Martin Luther decided to compose his 95 Theses, where he listed all of the issues that were wrong with the Pope and the Church. This list was written in his own language, so many people now could read what they were following under the Church. People learned the truth of many issues, including the false promises of indulgences that were only being sold to make the Church and officials in it more wealthy. As these ideas of the Renaissance Humanism period began to spread, the Church was under more and more fire. People were starting to see humans
as the center of everything, not God. Many worldly events were starting to be proved by science. Reason was coming into play, not just blind faith. People were able to see for themselves and choose what they wanted to believe without as much fear. Eventually, as more uproar arose about the faulty claims and teachings of the Church, councils were created to help to challenge the Pope and the Church. These challenges quickly were met with reformation of many of the wrongfully held ideas of the Church.
If not for the ideas of the Renaissance Humanism period and individuals like Martin Luther, who took the risk to challenge the Church, the Renaissance period would not have had as large of an impact as it had. The focusing of humans, reason, and science challenged the Church and Pope, resulting in the changes we see made following the Renaissance in the reformation.
Around the year 1300 is when the Renaissance began. About one hundred years later, from 1400 to about 1650 is the period of time known as the Renaissance Humanism. During this time frame a new way of thinking took over society. This was known as Humanism. Humanism had a goal of focusing on the people and aimed …show more content…
to replace the emphasis on philosophies and logic with the study of ancient history, literature and ethics.
One family particularly, the Medici family, were big supporters of the arts and sciences being discovered in this time. They used their money to fund many of the works that came out of the Renaissance. One of the big influences of Humanism that allowed it to spread vast and quickly was the invention of the printing press. Now more people were able to see different ideas in their own language. This especially became important when Martin Luther decided to compose his 95 Theses, where he listed all of the issues that were wrong with the Pope and the Church. This list was written in his own language, so many people now could read what they were following under the Church. People learned the truth of many issues, including the false promises of indulgences that were only being sold to make the Church and officials in it more wealthy. As these ideas of the Renaissance Humanism period began to spread, the Church was under more and more fire. People were starting to see humans
as the center of everything, not God. Many worldly events were starting to be proved by science. Reason was coming into play, not just blind faith. People were able to see for themselves and choose what they wanted to believe without as much fear. Eventually, as more uproar arose about the faulty claims and teachings of the Church, councils were created to help to challenge the Pope and the Church. These challenges quickly were met with reformation of many of the wrongfully held ideas of the Church.
If not for the ideas of the Renaissance Humanism period and individuals like Martin Luther, who took the risk to challenge the Church, the Renaissance period would not have had as large of an impact as it had. The focusing of humans, reason, and science challenged the Church and Pope, resulting in the changes we see made following the Renaissance in the reformation.