WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
One major characteristic of the Renaissance was that the
A
Manor became the main center of economic activity
B
Catholic Church lost all its influence in Europe
C
Classical cultures of Greece and Rome were studied and imitated
D
Major language of the common people was Latin
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The classical cultures of Greece and Rome were indeed studied and imitated during the Renaissance. This is a major characteristic of the Renaissance, as it was a time of renewed interest in the arts, sciences, and learning from the classical world. So, the correct answer is B.

Detailed explanation-2: -Usually used to describe the rediscovery of classical Roman and Greek culture in the late 1300s and 1400s and the great pan-European flowering in art, architecture, literature, science, music, philosophy and politics that this inspired, it has been interpreted as the epoch that made the modern world truly modern.

Detailed explanation-3: -They traveled around Italy, studying ancient ruins and rediscovering Greek and Roman texts. To Renaissance scholars and philosophers, these classical sources from Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome held great wisdom.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Renaissance 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-5: -A positive willingness to learn and explore. Faith in the nobility of man-Humanism. The discovery and mastery of linear perspective. Rebirth of Naturalism. Secularism. 27-Jan-2022

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