Luther was a German man whose ideas of the Church, the Bible, and its interpretations differed from that of the Roman Catholics at the time. His ideas and writing were banned but his ideas and theories spread. His ideas of human experience instead of divine decision instigated a change in the people. This was the start of the Protestant movement. Christendom was challenged by Protestantism as the theories of Luther undermined the Roman
lives to the church above all else. It wasn’t until the 1300’s in which humanists began to break free from the medieval traditions. The Renaissance was a ‘rebirth’ for Europe that began in the late thirteenth century but in particular Italy and spread gradually to the north and west across Europe for the next two centuries, propelling change politically, economically and culturally throughout Europe. Humanism was one of the most influential intellectual movements within the Renaissance and its main
François Rabelais is a multi-dimensional person such as humanist writer, priest, philosopher and doctor who lived in renaissance era. He had education in a Franciscan monastery and became a priest. During his education he learnt Greek and Latin. He reflects the features of renaissance. He had different researches about science, law, and philology. His studies were almost always criticized by Franciscan monastery; therefore, he left from Franciscan monastery to Benedictine. After a while, he entered
the inhabitants of the island would be free to worship who they wished to do so but at the same time; it was orchestrated so that tensions would be avoided between different religions. This idea can be considered progressive for More’s time as his era is one where religious wars and discrimination or condemnation against other religions were widespread in Christian states. More introduces this humanist concept of coexistence and tolerance where different faiths may exist alongside each other provided