HISTORY
THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION
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classical traditions of Greece and Rome
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monastic traditions of Spain and Italy
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feudal traditions of medieval Europe
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The great intellectual movement of Renaissance Italy was humanism. The humanists believed that the Greek and Latin classics contained both all the lessons one needed to lead a moral and effective life and the best models for a powerful Latin style.
Detailed explanation-2: -In what ways did humanists revive classical Greek and Roman ideas as well as improve them? Humanism developed as a renewed interest in classical culture in Italy. Humanists revived classical Greek anRoman ideas when architects designed buildings with pillars, arches, and courtyards like the classical buildings.
Detailed explanation-3: -Humanism helped lead to the Protestant Reformation by encouraging two challenges to the Catholic Church’s authority: the idea that the individual should think for him or herself in matters of faith, and the idea that the Bible should be produced in the languages of laypeople.
Detailed explanation-4: -Renaissance Humanism was an intellectual movement typified by a revived interest in the classical world and studies which focussed not on religion but on what it is to be human. Its origins went back to 14th-century Italy and such authors as Petrarch (1304-1374) who searched out ‘lost’ ancient manuscripts.