The Renaissance

1. In what ways did the Renaissance move Europe away from the medieval and toward the modern?
2. How do the Renaissance and Enlightenment compare and contrast with each other?
3. Analyze examples from literature and art that demonstrate the influence of humanism, classical Greece and Rome and religion on the Reniassance.
4. To what extent was the Renaissance a change from medieval life and to what extent was it a continuation?
5. Compare and contrast the Italian Renaissance with the Northern Renaissance economically, socially and politically.
6. How did women and minorities influence the Renaissance and how were they influenced by it?

The Reformation

1. How did the conflict between Catholicism and Protestantism lead to the growth of power for nation states and other political figures in Europe?
2. In what situations did Luther encourage revolution and in what
3. To what extent was the Catholic Counter Revolution a success and in what ways did it fail?
4. How did the motivations and impacts of Henry VIII, John Calvin, Martin Luther differ economically, socially and poltically?
5. In what ways did the English Reformation, German Reformation and Catholic Counter Reformation change their respective regions?  Which of these reformation had the greatest impact on modern Europe?
6. John Calvin was centered in Geneva but Calvinism spread father than any other of the Protestant Reformations.  Analyze why Calvin’s followers spread so widely..
7. Was the Protestant Reformation more of a social, political or religious revolution?  Explain using specific examples.