The Church held its power throughout the Renaissance but with great power comes great responsibility and some fell victim to greed. ... (Spark - Italian Renaissance 1). ... The art that was produced during the Renaissance did not challenge the Christian faith so it was embraced. But, the higher Renaissance gave rise to new inquiries in reference to the physical world. ... During the Renaissance there was a tremendous focus on the beauty of nature and this led curiosity of how nature works. ...

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By itself this "Nova" may have signaled a "Nova" approach to how the heavens were viewed and Galileo may have been one of the stars of this era in triggering the explosion of investigation and philosophical teaching known as the Renaissance. ... It must be kept in mind that the Roman Catholic Church in Italy throughout this period was on the defense in response to the Protestant threat and in many ways attempted to squelch and extinguish through different means any threat to its authority. The most dangerous sources were the developing ideas and theories throughout Europe and Italy itself that...

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In the first half of the 16th century, Western Europe experienced a wide range of social, artistic and geographically political changes that created conflict within the Holy Roman Empire. This conflict is called the Protestant Reformation, a religious and political movement that gave birth to Prote...

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