Even, "some scribes had little understanding of what they were writing" (Grendier 431). ... Niccolo Machiavelli wrote his book The Prince, which showed rulers with strong nations by doing what worked best rather then by being good and morally correct. ... His ideas called for a ruler with wisdom and spiritual elements as well, to be the perfect Christian Prince. This Christian Prince would also have to condemn all type of warfare. ... Since there were more patrons of art, "the church was no longer the only patron of art; suddenly princes like Lorenzo de Medici were also buying art works-(Ro...

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Although scholars continue to disagree on points of detail, most agree that the Protestant Reformation drew relatively little from the civilization of the Renaissance, that indeed in certain basic respects Protestant principles were completely at odds with the major assumptions of most Renaissance humanists. ... The Protestant converted German princes were in a desperate search of sovereignty. ...

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There are many things that shaped and molded Europe's great history, but religion really tops the list of these factors. From the rise of Christianity, to the Reformation, Europe goes through various events that form it as it is today. When the might of the Roman Empire reached all the way to t...

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"Their content can be compared to that of an American president's State of the Union address: little of the personality of the incumbent emerges from this material, stress rather being placed on his presidential "or ancient kingly "qualities and on events that exemplify his successful execution of his office. ... Little did they know that these decisions would affect the entire world for years to come. ... He first claimed that his marriage was invalid due to the fact that Catherine was the widow of his brother Arthur, Prince of Wales. ...

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He was a theologically conversant, a humanistically trained prince with facility in Latin who both read and wrote theological works and discussed them with his counsellors, and who attended mass daily. ... As long as the king opposed Luther, there was little chance that English reformers would amount to anything more than a bunch of powerless voices from intellectuals haunting Cambridge taverns. ...

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