UNIT 5

RENAISSANCE
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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POLITICS AND RELIGION
BECAME STRAINED, AND THE POLITICAL INFLUENCE OF THE
CATHOLIC CHURCH WEAKENED DURING THE RENAISSANCE
PERIOD BETWEEN RELIGION AND THE SECULAR WORLD.
A GREATER SEPARATION DEVELOPED BETWEEN RELIGIOUS
AND SECULAR INSTITUTIONS, DUE TO RENEWED INTEREST IN
THE CLASSICAL GREEK AND ROMAN MANUSCRIPTS.
THE MEDICI FAMILY WAS FAMOUS FOR BEING RULERS OF
FLORENCE AND THE ARTS.
TO BE A PATRON DURING THE RENAISSANCE ONE MUST
WEALTHY.
HUMANIST FOCUSED ON THE HUMAN POTENTIAL AND
ACHIEVEMENT DURING THE RENAISSANCE PERIOD.

RENAISSANCE
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EXPLORATION AND NEW DISCOVERIES WAS A
DIRECT RESULT OF THE RENAISSANCE.
RENAISSANCE PERIOD WAS KNOWN AS THE NEW
BIRTH OR RE-BIRTH PERIOD IN FLORENCE, ITALY.
THE NEW LITERARY THEMES DURING THE
RENAISSANCE SHOWED THE IMPORTANCE OF
HUMANIST IDEALS AND INDIVIDUALS.
MACHIAVELLI WAS THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE
WRITER THAT WROTE THE BOOK “THE PRINCE”
THE REASON WHY ITALY WAS THE BIRTHPLACE OF
THE EUROPEAN RENAISSANCE WAS IT’S
GEOGRAPHICAL STATUS AS THE CENTER OF ROME.

RENAISSANCE
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QUESTIONING OF TRADITIONAL AUTHORITY DURING THE
RENAISSANCE CONTRIBUTED MOSTLY IN THE PROTESTANT
REFORMATION.
THE SIMILARITY OF THE RENAISSANCE AND PROTESTANT
REFORMATION WAS THAT BOTH ENCOURAGED PEOPLE TO
QUESTION TRADITION.
THE REBIRTH OF THE RENAISSANCE WAS ARTS AND LEARNING.
MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI EXCELLED AS SCULPTOR,
PAINTER, ARCHITECT, AND POET DURING THE RENAISSANCE.
THE RESTORATION OF THE VATICAN AND ST. PETER’S
BASILLICA WAS COMMISSIONED BY POPE LEO X.
THE MEDICI FAMILY RULED FLORENCE FOR MOST OF THE
FIFTEENTH CENTURY.

REFORMATION
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INCREASED POWER OF MONARCHS HAD A
DIRECT EFFECT ON THE REFORMATION PERIOD.
SCIENTIFIC OPINIONS OF THE CHURCH LOST
AUTHORITY AMONG THINKERS, BECAUSE THE
CATHOLIC CHURCH REJECTED SCIENTIFIC
THEORIES OF THE UNIVERSE THAT WERE NOT
BASE THROUGH RELIGION.
THE BIBLE TRANSLATED INTO VERNACULAR,
BANNED HERETICAL BOOKS BY THE CATHOLIC
CHURCH, AND COUNTER-REFORMATION WERE
ALL PART OF THE RELIGIOUS EFFECTS OF THE
REFORMATION.

REFORMATION
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THE BIBLE WAS TRANSLATED INTO THE VERNACULAR
SO THAT MANY COULD READ IT, THE CATHOLIC
CHURCH BANNED HERETICAL BOOKS, THE
COUNTER-REFORMATION WAS BEGUN BY THE
CATHOLIC CHURCH. ALL OF THESE WERE THE
EFFECTS OF THE REFORMATION PERIOD.
THE NINETY-FIVE THESES WERE CALLED FOR
REFORMS WITHIN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH.
THE GUTENBERG’S PRINTING PRESS INVENTION
CONTRIBUTED TO THE REFORMATION PERIOD BY
PRINTING THE FIRST BIBLE IN VERNACULAR
LANGUAGES LEADING TO CRITICISM OF THE
CHURCH.

REFORMATION
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THE MAJOR EFFECT OF THE REFORMATION IN WESTERN
EUROPE WAS THE DECLINE IN RELIGIOUS UNITY AND IN
THE POWER OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.
THE POWER OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH WAS
WEAKENED DUE TO THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION.
THE EMERGENCE OF THE NEW CHRISTIAN
DENOMINATIONS WAS THE MAJOR RESULT OF THE
REFORMATION PERIOD.
THE RESENTMENT OF THE POWER OF THE CATHOLIC
CHURCH BY THE KINGS AND QUEENS OF NORTHERN
EUROPE HELPED MOST TO BRING ABOUT THE
PROTESTANT REFORMATION.

REFORMATION
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THE MAJOR REASON FOR THE
REFORMATION WAS THE EUROPEANS
RESENTED PAYING TAXES TO THE CHURCH
OF ROME.
THE BIBLE WAS THE FIRST FULL-SIZED BOOK
GUTENBURG PRINTED.
THE CHURCH WAS QUESTIONED BY THE
PEOPLE OF EUROPE FOR THE OCCURANCE
OF THE BLACK DEATH.