Question

Discuss the differences in the cultural climate of the Middle Ages compared to the Renaissance.

How did the values and ideas of humanism represent a break with medieval culture?

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Answer 1

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People began to aspire knowledge and put experimenting before theorizing now. They wanted real and provable evidence of all their observations. There are for an instance the different models, the heliocentric and geocentric view of the world. Humans began to perceive themselves as individuals, and this was now put in the foreground. Important is the return to ancient ideas and also ideals, like the beauty of the human body, which was considered immoral during the middle ages, and now was put as a form of aesthetic. Education and improvement in philosophy, language and science were regarded as most fulfilling. Whereas during the middle ages, most aspects of life were focused on biblical doctrines and the afterlife, and of attempts to live according to the ideals of the church.