preview

The Renaissance: The Middle Ages

Decent Essays

Medieval
In the history of Europe, the middle Ages or Medieval Period lasted from the 5th to the 15th century. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire and merged into the Renaissance and the Age of Discovery. The middle Ages is the middle period of the three traditional divisions of Western history: classical antiquity, the medieval period, and the modern period. The medieval period is itself subdivided into the Early, High, and Late Middle Ages. Renaissance
The Renaissance was a period of time from the 14th to the 17th century in Europe. This era bridged the time between the middle Ages and modern times. The word "Renaissance" means "rebirth". Coming out of the Dark. The Middle. The Renaissance was a period of time from the 14th to the 17th century in Europe Ages began with the fall of the Roman Empire.
Reformation
The Reformation, also …show more content…

Martin Luther basically explains to us that every individual should have the equal and free opportunity to learn and educate their selves because everyone is ultimately responsible for their own works by faith.
John Calvin (1509-1564)
Calvin made major contributions are education and church government. The excellence of his own educational training is attested by the fact that his writings have had a lasting effect on the French language. He is considered one of the creators of modern French prose. Perhaps more important, he encouraged the development of universal education. Calvin was convinced that for every person to be adequately equipped to "rightly divide" God's Word, he or she had to be educated in language and the humanities. To that end he founded an academy for Geneva's children, believing that all education must be fundamentally

Get Access