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    Jews and the Renaissance In the early 16th century‚ as Jews fled antisemitism in numerous European countries‚ many landed in the thriving cities of Italy. Jewish merchants‚ doctors‚ and scholars grasped the opportunity to be involved in the prosperous Renaissance movement‚ while at the same time faced the challenges their successes prompted. Although Jews were persecuted during the times of the Italian Renaissance‚ they also flourished economically‚ artistically and scientifically which lead to

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    John Calvin John Calvin was a theologian/ecclesiastical statesman. He also fought as a protestant for the reformation he was mostly known for being one of the most important people in the reformation. John Calvin was born in France in July 10‚ 1509. In 1523 he went to the University in Paris where he studied theology then‚ in 1528 John Calvin went to law school at University of Orleans. The only reason he studied law was because his father wanted him to but in 1531 when his father died John Calvin

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    Humanism in Italian Renaissance Art Angie Lazar‚ Brenda Tang Period 2 The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli is a piece of Renaissance art that embodies multiple ideas of humanism. The Birth of Venus shows antiquity‚ because the subject of the piece‚ Venus‚ is a pagan god from Greek and Roman mythology and secularism because The Birth Of Venus is not biblical art. Venus is also naked‚ which shows secularism and worldliness. Like The David by Michelangelo

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    The Renaissance began during the 13th-16th century. “The word Renaissance itself means rebirth” Stability was being re-instituted into the Peninsula‚ mainly through the Roman Empire with a system now called feudalism‚ creating a new city. Bringing about the flowering of architecture‚ literature‚ religion‚ education‚ and art‚ the Printing Press was perhaps the most important development of the Renaissance. Rulers during the 13th century were referred to as Merchants. It was not uncommon to often

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    the end of his reign Henry passed the Six Articles which’s aim was to be sure the Church remain Catholic and the Protestants who did not accept the Catholicism was persecuted and even burned. Due to the obesity Henry died from natural causes in 1547. His only male heir Edward VI became king at his nine. Edward was the first monarch in England who was about to be raised as a Protestant. Henry was organized a cabinet regency to rule on his behalf‚ Edward Seymour‚ Duke of Somerset‚ seized the power

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    Lecture 2. THE REFORMATION Recap: • Political organisation: and development of Renaissance monarchies‚ move towards centralised orgnans of administration‚ expanded bureaucracies‚ use of media to burnish image of rulers • Renaissance: individualism‚ man as autonomous moral agent‚ capacity to do good or evil • Society: large percentage‚ subsitance existance. Much more space for the divine than today • History as relationship with the past: the process of our own interaction with the pas as

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    To What Extent Was The Henrician Reformation Inspired By The Political And Dynastic Consideration Rather Than Religious Ideology? The Henrician Reformation posed many religiously inspired ideology as well as both political and dynastic considerations. Evidence shows all three played their particular part in successfully inspiring the Henrician Reformation. From various acts being passed in 1533 and 1534‚ with one of them being The Act of Supremacy‚ in which Henry’s dynasty becomes more powerful

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    Humanism consists of the educational philosophy of human reason‚ creativity‚ freedom and culture. Humanists believe reality is acknowledged through the specific personal experience‚ rather than an intangible supernatural being. Humanism had evolved geographically north whilst chronically towards the 16th Century it sustained true to its originality during the early Italian Renaissance but also developed a unique approach. Determined to publicize the humanist point of view in his book on humanism

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    Essay #3 December 3‚ 2015 ¬Hamlet: Protestant or Catholic In the play Hamlet‚ William Shakespeare does make it quite difficult to identify Hamlet’s religious views‚ but he does provide many clues which are evident as Protestant. For example‚ Hamlet lives in Denmark‚ which is a Protestant region‚ he went to a university where the Protestant Reformation began‚ and also his beliefs in certain things throughout the book are proof that Hamlet is‚ indeed‚ Protestant. The play‚ Hamlet‚ takes place in

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    THE WESTERN WORLD: AN ESSAY ON THE PRINCIPLES FOR LEADERSHIP AND RULE SEEN IN THE WORK OF NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI How far is Machiavelli and advocate of a republic and republicanism? INTRODUCTION The History of Republics and Republicanism has been interpreted in numerous ways leading to the ambiguity seen in the modern world of what a republic really stands for and what are its principles. The same can also be said about Niccolo Machiavelli. His work The Prince has been interpreted in many

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