WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The questioning of old scientific views during the Renaissance, such as the earth and its place in the universe brought about major conflict with:
A
Artist guilds
B
Self-Governed Merchants
C
The Roman Catholic Church
D
The Islamic World
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The shift toward political and religious freedom in turn, helped spawn the Reformation movement, which caused a divide within the powerful Catholic Church, leading many Europeans to turn to then-new Protestant faith.

Detailed explanation-2: -Answer and Explanation: Although many of the leaders of the Scientific Revolution were Christians, the Catholic Church reacted against the movement with hostility. The Church perceived many scientific discoveries as heresy.

Detailed explanation-3: -Legend has it that Nicolaus Copernicus and the church were at odds over his development of the heliocentric theory, a principle that disputed the widely held belief that Earth was the center of the universe.

Detailed explanation-4: -The European wars of religion were a series of wars waged in Europe during the 16th, 17th and early 18th centuries. Fought after the Protestant Reformation began in 1517, the wars disrupted the religious and political order in the Catholic countries of Europe, or Christendom.

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