Renaissance Humanism - The Origin & History | Church History

What is renaissance humanism? How did humanism affect religion in the Middle Ages? In this video, we'll provide a thorough explanation on how renaissance humanism came to be and how it affected religious thought during the Middle Ages.

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Toward the end of the Middle Ages, Europe experienced a general revival of the interest in human beings, art, and literature. This revival was afterwards referred to as the Renaissance. The word Renaissance is French for “rebirth.” It was called this for two important reasons. First, the Black Plague, which swept through Europe and killed one-third of the human population, was coming to an end. People had more optimism that they were going to live now that the Black Plague was subsiding. Second, the movement was a revival in academic matters and appreciation for the power and beauty of the human being. It felt like an escape from the Dark Ages. The spirit of optimism and free inquiry swept through Europe and caused a revival especially in arts and literature.

It may be helpful to draw a few contrasts between the Dark Ages and the Renaissance. In the Dark Ages in Europe, ideas about art and education were controlled by the Roman Catholic Church. Artists and educators used religious methods to meet religious goals. In the Renaissance, the focus became people and creation rather than Heaven and angels. The methods artists and educators used in the Renaissance were driven by the skill of human observation and science. Research and discovery in the Renaissance era were for the sake of discovery, wherever it would lead. In the Dark Ages, it seemed that research was intended to support the status quo whether in politics or the church. Therefore, Renaissance thinkers and artists were regarded as rebels, to a degree.

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