Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Renaissance
- The Renaissance lasted from the late 13th to early 16th century and came about in part
due to the Black Death which intesified peasant uprisings.
- Characteristics of the renaissance
- Secularism
- (Non - religious)-
increased as people
began to show greater
interest in this world
rather than the "here
after"
- Reason
- Used observation
and experience to
explain the world
rather than
Christian teachings.
- Humanism
- Emphasized dignity,
worth, and uniqueness
of individuals. (man is
the focus of all things)
- Christian Humanism
- A movement in
northern Europe that
promoted reason
through Christian
teachings