HISTORY
THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION
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Question
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The Church was all-powerful.
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The Church’s power declined.
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Factories began using electricity.
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Women gained equal rights with men.
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Detailed explanation-1: -One reason for the weakening of the Church was the humanism of the Renaissance. Humanists often were secular, or nonreligious, in their thinking, and they believed in free thought and questioned many accepted beliefs. Problems within the Church added to this spirit of questioning.
Detailed explanation-2: -During the Renaissance, people increasingly began to see the world from a human-centered perspective. This had a powerful impact upon religion. Increasingly, people were paying more attention to this life rather than the afterlife. Eventually, humanism brought about a spirit of skepticism.
Detailed explanation-3: -Martin Luther, a German teacher and a monk, brought about the Protestant Reformation when he challenged the Catholic Church’s teachings starting in 1517. The Protestant Reformation was a religious reform movement that swept through Europe in the 1500s.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Christian Church was absolutely instrumental in the art of the Renaissance. It was the driving force behind every inspiration; without the Church, there would have been no art.