“The Renaissance & Reformation Summative Assessment Task” At the end of the Middle Ages a prosperous time began in Italy and spread throughout Europe which was called the Renaissance. The Renaissance started during the 1300s and lasted to the 1500s. The word Renaissance is the French name for rebirth. It was a rebirth in arts and learning. This time truly changed people’s view of the world. The Renaissance caused by different things but the massive impact was the idea of humanism
light age, but this was called The Renaissance, or “rebirth”. Although there wasn’t any new discovery during the Renaissance era, but a re-discovery of ideals that was forgotten in the past. During the Dark Ages and for some of the Renaissance era, the Catholic Church was the main ideal, then a new idea appeared that originated from the Greeks. Now these ideals were alive at the time when the Greeks believed in polytheism, or the belief of many gods. The Catholic Church can be a very strict religion,
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
JOURNAL FIVE The renaissance period is considered as an era within Europe during the 14th to the 16th century, and is referred to as the bridge between Middle Ages and Modern history. Primarily, the renaissance was known as a rebirth of the Classical Greco-Roman culture. It is said that “the renaissance started as a cultural movement in Italy and later spread to the rest of Europe” (Casini 1995). Its intellectual basis was humanism, derived from the rediscovery of Classical Greek philosophy. Humanist
The Protestant Reformation is one of the most influential events that has occurred in the history of religion.This Reformation of religions took place in the 16th Century due to the concerns raised by people such as Martin Luther and John Calvin. They had concerns with the leadership, rituals, ecclesiastical structure and doctrines of the Catholic Church. The Church had overall supremacy, controlling political institutions, economic activities, literacy and artistic developments expecting a blind
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
Fine Arts. It is an oil on canvas piece and about 3 ½ long and 2 ½ feet wide. Guido Reni used exquisite skills to create a great visual for the Catholic leaders. He was sanctioned by the church for many depictions of saints and holy figures which he did very realistically. Reni made many extraordinary religious paintings during the Catholic Counter Reformation. It is a very simple yet tasteful piece with many notable symbols that are created by unique techniques including vague color, a 2
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