Exam 2, Question 1
The Reformations, at their core, were not a protest against the Renaissance but rather a protest against the form of the Church that the Renaissance allowed to exist. The Reformations are therefore shaped by the simultaneous rejection of the opulence and excess that fanned the flames of the Church’s corruption and embracing of expression and individualism that allowed for criticism of the Church to occur. In order to understand how the Reformation's reflects the Renaissance, one must know the effects the Renaissance had on society. The Renaissance was a time defined and shaped by its focus on the individual and human. The Renaissance mind set was one focused on the expanding capabilities of the individual