Essay Archive - Modern European History: The Reformation
Modern European History: The Reformation
I believe the statement "The reformation was a rejection of the
secular spirit of the Italian Renaissance" is false because in the long
term of European history, the reformation was able to create a more
humanistic view of the world than that of the Renaissance humanism. There
are three major changes and philosophies that the Protestants of the
reformation incorporated which led to the long term advancement of Humanism.
These are the beginnings of "free thought" away church dogma, the
development of Capitalism, and the questioning of rel....
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