Renaissance/Reformation Study Guide
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What changes in society stimulated the beginning of the Renaissance?
What ideas formed the foundation of the Renaissance?
How did secular writers influence society?
What were Machiavelli’s Ideas?
Why is Renaissance Art important?
What influenced Renaissance art and how?
How did wealthy patrons support the art?
Describe the style and techniques used in Renaissance Art?
Name some Renaissance artists and their works.
How did the Renaissance spread to parts of Northern Europe?
What contributions did writers and philosophers make to the Northern Renaissance?
What is Sir Thomas More’s Utopia about?
What is Christine de Pisan’s A City of Women about?
Why was Shakespeare so important to the Northern Renaissance?
What was the state of the Catholic Church prior to the Protestant Reformation?
How did Martin Luther Criticize the Catholic Church?
How did Protestantism spread?
Why did Henry VIII break away from the Catholic Church after years of defending it?
What changes were made by the Catholic Church in Response to the Protestant Reformation?
What reforms were passed by the Council of Trent?
What were the Religious, political, and social effects of the Counter-Reformation?
How has the world been changed by the Renaissance and Reformation?