Human’s fragility: fear of lose balance.

Bible’s translation in different languages.  

New report between spiritual and mundane life. Humans are at the centre, so they must improve their knowledge to research personal and social balance. 

Broke of feudalism. Policy’s aim is to keep order, so the government must be strong. Birth of national monarchies in Northern Europe and of city-states in Italy.

Rejectal of Medieval Church.
Martin Lutero. Protestants are against church authority for his corruption. They support a personal report with God.  Impossibility for humans to reach salvation

Difference from the Middle Age. Imitate classical learning, without the religious interference. Its aim is to teach the new values. Recovery of literature (genres, texts, characters…) 

Continuity from the Middle Age. The world is organized according to a divinely hierarchical order. Theory of “correspondences” order and disorder are reflected in the various level, especially in humans. Reaching balance it’s possible for humans climb the Chain, but human’s nature is ambiguous.

Protestant Reformation

“Imitation”

Humanism

Political changes

The Great Chain of Being

Renaissance = re-birth
Gradual transformation from the Middle Age
•	Between the 14th century to the 17th.
•	In Italy, and then in Northern Europe.
•	Rebirth of classical culture. Why? Humans are not satisfied anymore by religious world view, and they wanted to reach balance between spirit and matter. They looked at Greek and Latin culture, where the body is not a sin.  

Renaissance’s features

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE RENAISSANCE