Renaissance and Reformation Test Reveiw

The European Renaissance was responsible for the Revival of Greek and Roman culture, the economic growth of Italian city states  and the the development of

• Crusades
• censorship
• Humanism
• Regulations

He wrote....the ends justifies the means",

• Locke
• Montesquieu
• Machiavelli
• Voltaire

Why did the Renaissance begin in the Italian city states?

• location near the Alps

• location on the Mediterranean

• location near the Rhine river

• favorable climate

These are periods of advancements in arts and knowledge.

• Religious Salvation and Absolutism
• Act of Supremacy and Individualism
• Crusades
• Pax Romana, Renaissance, Golden Age of Islam

They stressed the power of Human Reasoning

• Renaissance writers
• Roman Catholic Church
• French Revolutionaries
• Spanish Inquirers

This reinstated the power of the RCC

• 95 Thesis

• Counter-Reformation

• French Revolution

• Commercial Revoluation

Literacy rates increased due to this:

• decline of feudalism
  
• Invention of Gutenberg's Printing press
• rise of absolutism
• sale of indulgences

The power of the RCC was lessened and royal power grew due to this turning point in history

• Counter Reformation
• Martin Luther's 95 Thesis
• Commercial l Revolution
  
• Spanish Revolution

The power of the RCC declined due to this:

• French Revolution
• Commerical Revolution
• Spanish Inquisition
• Protestant Reforamtion
  

The application of reason and experimentation to political thinking came about during this time period

• Counter Reformation
• Commercial Revolution
  
• Scientific Revolution
• Protestant Revolution