WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In Europe in the 1300s, there was an interest in humanist ideas about classical learning. This interest led to which historic movement?
A
the Crusades
B
the Renaissance
C
the Great Schism
D
the Counter Reformation
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Renaissance, (French: “Rebirth”) period in European civilization immediately following the Middle Ages and conventionally held to have been characterized by a surge of interest in Classical scholarship and values.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Renaissance was a time of REBIRTH in creativity in Europe in the 1300s. It brought change in many areas-political (government), social (people), economic (business, trade, money), and cultural (traditions in art, literature, etc.).

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -During 13th and 14th Centuries education had almost spread in Italy, in 1300 Humanism was taught at Padua University in Italy and in 1349 University was established in Florence.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.

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