Renaissance and Reformation Test Humanism- Classical texts from the Greek and Roman culture lead to humanism. Humanism focused on human potential and achievements. People stopped worrying about Christian teachings. Influenced artists and architects. History‚ Literature‚ and Philosophy are humanities subjects. Secular- People became concerned with the here and now Predestination- Calvin’s book/doctrine; Institutes of the Christian Religion states that everyone is sinful by nature and God has known
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Renaissance Content The Renaissance was knows as the “rebirth”‚ the revival of the culture of classical Greece and Rome. People started taking interest in learning classical Greece and Roman texts‚ therefore there was a rebirth of learning (also because the Medieval times lacked education). It transformed economics and trade‚ knowledge and learning‚ and the arts. It begins in Italy in the 1350s after the Crusades and later spread to Northern Europe. Italy became the birthplace because
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‘The beginnings of the Reformation and the principle figures responsible for it’ Group One Maryam Altaf Azka Shahid Maryam Naqqash Contents Preface Acknowledgments Part One * The Roman Catholic Church Part Two * The Early Reformists: From Wycliffe to Erasmus Part Three * Radical Reformists of the 16th Century: From Luther to Calvin Part Four * Literary counterparts of the movement: A look at the work of Dante and Machiavelli Acknowledgements: Will
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Louis XIV‚ also known as Le Gran Monarque and the Sun God‚ was not indeed such a good king for France. The reign of Louis XIV was hurtful in many ways to France and its people. First of all‚ Louis XIV financially destroyed France by doing things that he thought would help but just hurt France in the long run. Louis was constantly at war with another country‚ which not only hurt France financially‚ because wars were very expensive during that time‚ but it also depleted France¡¯s once massive army
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The 1600s was a significant era sought for religious breakthrough and reformation of the Church of England. The Puritans believed that the Church of England was too Catholic and that religion and state authority should be separate. Realizing their religious differences‚ the Puritans set sail for America in 1630. Even though the Puritans were excited to expand their horizons beyond the Church of England‚ great challenges were yet to come. Today‚ the American Dream has changed drastically. Instead
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The Reformation The Reformation started in the 16th-century religious‚ political‚ intellectual and cultural upheaval that splintered Catholic Europe. It started at the Roman Catholic church. People were mad at the church and thought that the popes and clergies got to political. The way they raised money for the church was considerate unfair. They told you that you can buy your way out of sin‚ they called it indulgences. Christians were really mad at this and soon people were complaining at the
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surrounding the accuracy of The Crucible. Did these events actually happen‚ or was it made it up to scare people and teach life-long morals? Dedicated historians and investigators strive to answer and pose new questions‚ forming educated ideas to shape possible theories. Was Arthur Miller’s point really to tell the account of a scandalous time period in history? Many people feel that was not the real motive of the piece. Salem was in such unrest during 1692. The unfortunate‚ reoccurring events of bad weather
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son Tom. The family was abandoned by the father of Laura and Tom and they don’t know anything about him. The mother struggles to motivate her two children to reach out for a better future while the two children lack motivation. In this play‚ she would be considered the character with the least fault of their poverty. Tom is the character most blamable for the poverty that the family lives in since he is an adult and the man of the house. The character that is the most responsible for the poverty that
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Reflection: Politics in the Reformation The Protestant Reformation changed Europe. During the 1500s religion became extremely persuasive in the lives of people living in Europe. By 1500 the church as an institution looked a lot like a state. Throughout medieval history there are currents of anticlericalism which was feelings of mistrust towards the church. The clergy in the church was often accused of wealth‚ corruption‚ and self indulgence. But these were all things that the religion preached
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During the mid-fifteenth century‚ European governments were weakened by the war and rebellion which was a direct result of their feudal structure. In order to make their government stronger‚ numerous leaders known as the New Monarchs tried to bring about civil peace. These western European monarchies wanted to create a centralized government in which the king gained more power. The monarchs had their own motives for recreating their governments. Therefore‚ in doing so‚ they made sure to include
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