Religion During The Medieval Era And The Renaissance Era

There are many contrasts in the beliefs and values of the Renaissance and the Middle Ages. The Middle Ages was a time of great suffering, including famine and widespread disease. The Renaissance, however, was a revival of art, learning, and literature. Their views of the purpose of life in the present world and man's place in the world was, perhaps, the greatest contrast. However, their views on politics, religion, and education were very different as well.

The medieval times was filled with ideas based just around the church. As the Renaissance began, the arts developed into a freer and move creative society based on more Greek and Roman ideas. “Finding the feudal and ecclesiastical literature and Gothic art of the

Religion had an enormous impact on almost all aspects of life in the medieval world. In the Christian belief, the first two people that were created by God were Adam and Eve. They were provided with a paradise to live in,the garden of Eden, and were only given one rule that they had to follow to not eat from the tree of good and evil. If they did eat fruit from the tree, then they would have to leave the paradise. Eve was tempted by Satan, and ate the fruit. She then gave some of that fruit to Adam, and they were banned from the garden. For this reason, women were seen as dangerous temptresses. This story showed that women were morally weaker, and were likely to lead their spouses into sin. They became known as the “weaker” sex, for it was a woman who first consumed the fruit in the Garden of Eden.

Religion in the renaissance was always changing, and had reforming tendencies. From the Catholic Inquisition to the Disciples of Calvinism on the other side of the spectrum. The roots of this problem happens when the Eastern Orthodox church and the Catholic church split in 1054. This impacted religion in the papacy, ideas, and the process of understanding religion. Religion is a belief or worship in or at a in a greater power, deity, god or god like being.(Ex.

During times of chaos and unrest, people need rules, guidelines and a sense of belonging to provide order and stability. Throughout the Middle Ages, there were many wars and conflict happening. People were lost, lacked leadership and were in dire need of some commonality to unite and bring them together. Religion took power when the government didn't in Europe. According to the 9th grade curriculum, religion, as seen through the monotheistic faiths of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, has unified society by providing stability and order.

The Middle Ages is the time between the fall of the Roman Empire to the rise of the Renaissance. As the government of Rome disappeared with the fall of the Roman Empire, people were living dangerous, hopeless lives. Religion became an important influence in the Middle Ages not just in Rome, but for other countries in Medieval Europe who sought comfort in this religion. One of the most influential and rising religion during the Middle Ages was Christianity. The Rise and Spread of Christianity in the Middle Ages can be characterized by the fall of the Roman Empire, efforts by Pope Gregory the Great, and activities of the church.

There is irrefutable evidence that over the period of the Middle Ages, both Christianity and Islam have been anchors in both shaping and influencing governance of kingdoms and empires comprising Western Europe, the Byzantine Empire, and territories ruled by Islam. Religion during this period was widely used to set laws, influence culture, justify armed conflicts, and pronounce punishment on citizens domiciled within the geographies depicted within this essay. I will attempt to illuminate the geopolitical climate, territorial demarcation, and religious influences that depicted life circa 500 – 1517 CE. From the background material submitted, I will directly answer the following questions:

The Renaissance began in the 1300’s in Europe and lasted to the 1500’s, the renaissance was a major rebirth of many ways of doing to thinking. In the Renaissance, Europe changed dramatically from multiple aspects ranging from; technology, fashion, and geography to name a few. However, one aspect that stands out more than others is that of religion. Many religions were founded in the renaissance while others changed and molded to new beliefs, criticism, leadership and various other reasons to become what they are today in the modern world. Not only religions changed, but many historical figures came about between 1300 and 1500AD.

During the time of the early middle ages, religions seemed to be at its peak. Religion was at the forefront of people’s mind and with that came arguments about which is the true religion. Once again we will conflicts and possibility war between the religions, both fighting for their beliefs. It was during the time that bishops and popes a lot of the influential power when it came to religion. The people hung on every word and are inspired by these religious leaders. The most prominent example of the demonstration of power held by religious leaders is the speech held by Pope Urban II. His speech gave rise to the first crusade and influence 7 more to follow. The following paper will support and argue His justification for these crusades was to

There are many contrasts in the beliefs and values of the Renaissance and the Middle Ages. The Middle Ages was a time of great suffering, including famine and widespread disease. The Renaissance, however, was a revival of art, learning, and literature. Their views of the purpose of life in the present world and man's place in the world was, perhaps, the greatest contrast. However, their views on politics, religion, and education were very different as well.

All European social life during the 12th century was based upon several dominant ideals. Typically inspiration was linked with Christian faith as interpreted by the Church, " It governed birth, marriage, and death, sex, and eating, made the rules for law and medicine, gave philosophy and scholarship their subject matter” (Tuchman, 1978). With Tuchman's quote in mind, the dominant force in this climate of opinion was clearly the Christian Church. But, the religion of the 12th century was undergoing a gradual transformation as there were efforts underway to make Christianity more human. There was a strong desire for a more personal and intense religious experience, the original sin creates this personal experience as it universally affects all Christians as it creates a connection between all of an interbred sin which God forgives. The 12th century is renowned to be a ‘century of faith’ as it influenced the teaching of sin in order to create a more personal religious faith for individuals. However Islam’s context of their teaching on sin is linked with a conflict between Christianity and Islam in the 7th

Religion experienced a lot of progress and transformation throughout the Middle Ages. Christianity held consistent popularity and other religions such as Islam were on the rise in participation. After the fall of Rome, there was no unified state or government in Europe and the Catholic Church used that opportunity to become a large powerhouse. The Roman Empire had effectively split into three different worlds: Muslim, Byzantine, and western European. Various Kings, Queens, and other leaders looked to the Catholic church for power and protection in exchange for alliances. Meanwhile, the Islamic religion was growing in wealth, power, and people. With the prophet Muhammad’s death in 632, Muslim groups took under large parts of land and united them under a single caliph. The Byzantines were still operating from Constantinople, just under a smaller rule and rural life assumed greater importance in the backbone of their society. Religion was largely involved in the Middle Ages’ art and architecture. Massive Cathedrals were built and even books were a work of art before the invention of the printing press. In addition, their economy was directly affected by religious activity such as missions and conquests. Overall, the general trends marking the progress religion in the Middle Ages are inclusion of everyone, a building of a community, and the opportunity of becoming equals with other practitioners.

During the Renaissance, many wealthy families aimed to become patrons of the arts to show their status. As a result, in addition to religious works of art that praised the god and the divinity, the Renaissance period is rich in portraits of popes, dukes, cardinals and other nobilities. It was prestigious to hire famous artists to demonstrate patrons’ power and wealth. Portrait of Pope Leo X with Cardinals Giulio de’Medici and Luigi de’Rossi by Rafael (1518), Cardinal Bandinello Sauli, His Secretary, and Two Geographers by Sebastiano del Piombo (1516), Portrait of Isabella d'Este by Leonardo da Vinci (1499-1500) are just a few examples. While church continued to order art works to spread the religion, many important rulers used art to spread

The Medieval Era was a time dominated by belief. People lived with such great superstition and fear of God. Many people were focused not on their lives her on earth, but rather their life after death. During the Renaissance people became more humanistic and focused more on their lives in the moment rather than their afterlife. We can see these changes of Ideas by studying the works of Saint Anselm of Canterbury, Saint Thomas Aquinas, Thomas a Kempis, and Caesarius of Heisterbach from the Medieval Era and compare it to the works of Marsilio Ficino, Leonardo Da Vinci, Niccolo Machiavelli, and Desiderius Erasmus of the Renaissance period we can see

There is irrefutable evidence that over the period of the Middle Ages, both Christianity and Islam have been anchors in both shaping and influencing governance of kingdoms and empires comprising Western Europe, the Byzantine Empire, and territories ruled by Islam. Religion during this period was widely used to set laws, influence culture, justify armed conflicts, and pronounce punishment on citizens domiciled within the geographies depicted within this essay. I will attempt to illuminate the geopolitical climate, territorial demarcation, and religious influences that depicted life circa 500 – 1517 CE. From the background material submitted, I will directly answer the following questions: