WHII Renaissance and Reformation

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What does 'Renaissance' mean?

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'Rebirth' of classical knowledge; 'birth' of the modern world; spread from Italian city-states to northern Europe.

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What did Renaissance ideas encourage?

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Questioning of the Catholic Church.

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What was the Reformation?

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Protestant Reformers left the Catholic Church to establish Protestant churches due to disputes over biblical interpretation and papal authority.

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What were the impacts of the Reformation?

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Led to significant economic, political, and social changes.

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What is Humanism?

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An intellectual idea of the Renaissance that contributed to changing cultural values, traditions, and philosophies.

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What is Secularism?

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An intellectual idea of the Renaissance that contributed to changing cultural values, traditions, and philosophies, in reaction to religious warfare.

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What is Individualism?

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Growth contributed to changing cultural values, traditions, and philosophies, in reaction to religious warfare.

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What was the role of the Printing Press?

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Instrumental in spreading cultural ideas and the ideas of the Reformation and Renaissance; stimulated growth of literacy; enabled Bibles to be printed in vernacular languages.

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What were the theological differences during the Reformation?

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Disputes over biblical interpretation and papal authority.

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What were the political differences during the Reformation?

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German and English nobility disliked Italian domination of the Church; Church's great political power caused conflict.