(Top QUALITY 2024/2025 EXAM REVIEW) C100 Humanism - The Renaissance Period (WGU), Exam Review, graded A+. VERIFIED.

C100 Humanism - The Renaissance Period (WGU), Exam Review, graded A+. VERIFIED. Renaissance - -A period in Western history 14th - 16th centuries marked by a revival of interest in culture. The overall atmosphere of change during the Renaissance proved conducive to artistic experimentation and innovation. Classicism - -aestetic attitudes and principals found in the arts Humanism - -the study of the creative and and intellectual contributions of all human cultures Rationalism/Scientific Expansion - -a point of view that emphasises the role of reason, over the senses, in gaining knowledge Expansion of the University System - -The Renaissance approach to education produced the ideal of the well-rounded individual who was not bound to any one discipline. epistemology - -the study of thinking Reformation - -a movement started by Martin Luthur to reform Western Christianity over doctrinal issues and the authority of the Pope that lead to the creation of Protestantism 14th -17th centuries Renaissance Man - -an individual with broad knowledge and versatile talents spanning many intellectual and artistic disciplines Age of Exploration - -time period between early 15th and early 17th centuries when Europeans sailed around the globe and transferred goods, foods, plants and slaves transforming the countries they reached heretical - -a challenge or rejection of the orthodx doctrines of a religion or church Protestant Reformation - -Martin Luther's Ninety-Five Theses challenged the doctrine of papal infallibility and rejected the Catholic Church as a necessary intermediary between the faithful and God Calvinism - -a sect of Protestantism formed by John Calvin, who believed in a majestic and angry God, the concept of predestination, and strict religious regulations by which to live. Anglicanism - -The Anglican Church was formed by King Henry VIII of England when the Pope refused to annul his marriage. It became the largest Protestant movement in England. Classical humanism - -the cultural movement of the Renaissanse based on Greek and Roman classic literature that emphasised the dignity, worth, and rationality