Gc

Question 1

Reformation

Answer 1

The Reformation was a major movement
within Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the Catholic Church and offered an alternative to the quite often corrupt Catholic Church.

Question 2

Renaissance

Answer 2

The Renaissance is a period in European history marking the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and covering the 15th and 16th centuries.
With a focus on Greek and Roman Antiquity, but also more focused on the ‘Individual’ human being rather than man being part of a religious system.

Question 3

Indulgences

Answer 3

Indulgences
By the late Middle Ages, indulgences were used to support charities for the public good including hospitals. However, the abuse of indulgences, by selling them for money became a problem. Indulgences were, from the beginning of
the Protestant Reformation, a target of attacks by Martin Luther and other Protestant theologians.