Historians Flashcards
What was O Kristeller’s interpretation of Renaissance Humanism?
a broad cultural and literary movement
Who believed that ‘the age of belief was the age of ignorance and darkness, dark pagans of antiquity represented the brightest stage of history’
Petrach
Which Historian believed the deaths of prominent officials which caused social and political upheaval as well as causing people to question the church and afterlife, focusing more on the present, as part of humanist philosophy?
R.S. Gottfried
Who argued that ‘humanism should be understood as a cultural context within which scholars operated’
Kennet Gouwens
Who argued that ‘The Renaissance began when the world natives it no longer lived in the Middle Ages’
Janson in ‘The History of Art’
Who argued that the Renaissance was a cultural movement rather than a historical period, stating ‘attempts by man to master nature rather than develop religious piety’
Robert Wilde
‘ideas replaced by value of new discovery through observations and experiment’
Simon Hudson
‘Renaissance Humanism was ethical theory and practice that emphasised reason, scientific enquiry and human fulfilment in the natural world’
Abernethy
Who stated that the Military invasions in Italy helped to spread ideas, and with the end of the A Hundred Years’ War, France and England turned their focus to things other than War
V.N. Myers
Who coined “Christianisation Thesis” and what does it entail
Jean Delemeau, people becoming educated Christian citizens
Which historian pioneered “Confessionalisation Thesis” and what does it entail?
Heinz Schilling, confessions of faith published by a number of religious groups
definition of acculturation meaning
by elites to reform popular culture, religion and value in accordance with new religious and moral ideals
Who wrote the ‘Disenchantment of the World’ and what did it argue?
Max Weber, argued the reformation unintended consequence of displacement of beliefs in the magical and supernatural world with the new rational and empirical approach
Who wrote ‘reformations: the early modern world’ and what does it argue
Carlos Eire, Religion played an increasingly diminished role in shaping the world it had so hoped to transform
“created atmosphere that gave rise to different movements and sects, Martin Luther stressed reform of the RCC, wanting to eliminate practices such as nepotism and the selling of indulgences”
Abernethy
