I previously viewed all Renaissance paintings with an uneducated eye, solely viewing them as religious works, which I had no interest in, based upon my lack of understanding of the narratives involved, the stories of patronage or even the difficulties of the techniques used to paint them. ... From the composition, iconography, patronage, architectural representation, and painting techniques, too illustrate the influences of predecessors, images of Masaccio's Trinity are used as teaching aids to represent the Italian Renaissance. ... Masaccio brought a new sense of realism to painting, th...

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Many examples could be distinguished throughout the book of how the church began and continued to deteriorate, especially in the beginning of "The Shattering". ... His intended purpose, to shed light into the world of the Medieval Ages and the Renaissance, was carried out well. ... Manchester shows the changing of society from the Dark Ages to the Renaissance in a very vivid and enlightening manner throughout his book. ... All of his major points blend together to create an incredible statement about the life during the Medieval Ages, Renaissance Ages, and the life in between. ...

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Another source of revenue, papal indulgences, would lead to the reformer Martin Luther beginning his campaign against the Latin church. ... By the end of the Middle Ages and beginning of the Renaissance in Europe there was a new branch of Christianity called Protestantism. ...

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While the most recent scholarship has tended to emphasize pagan and Jewish, as well as Christian, forms of Gnosticism (beginning in the first century), the major gnostic impact was made on the doctrine and structures of the Christian church in the second and early third centuries. ... America's present gnostic renaissance lacks the social reformist impulses that informed the faith of both Emerson and Smith. ...

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At the beginning of the sixteenth century, the Roman Catholic Church controlled the majority of religious, political and social power in Europe. ... Papal corruption, the print press, the Renaissance, and personal ambitions all played an influence in religious reform. ...

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As the Dark Ages came to a close the ideas of the Renaissance started to take hold, and the church's power gradually began to dwindle. ... From the very beginning of Islam, Muhammad had indoctri-nated a sense of brotherhood and a bond of faith among his followers. ...

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My conception of religious liberty was vague when I was younger, but as I got older and I became aware of the world around me, religious liberty has been a topic that everyone has been discussing - not only privately but also in public and especially in the papers. I used to be an uninformed protestant of the Lutheran church. I once read in the newspaper that Denmark is the least religious country in the world. When I compare my own country to the U.S, I do not have to have read books or taken lessons to know that America is a highly religious country, and has been since its earliest days. Fur...

• Word Count: 3342
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate