Enduring Understandings
- The Renaissance, a time of great creativity and cultural changes, marked the transition from medieval times to the modern world.
- Renaissance thinkers looked to classical learning for a deeper understanding of human life, and Renaissance artists treated both religious and secular subjects in a new realistic style.
- The Protestant Reformation began when Martin Luther protested against corruption in the Catholic Church.
- During the Reformation, Protestant ideas spread while Catholic leaders sought to reform the Church.
- The Scientific Revolution led to dramatic breakthroughs in the study of the physical world.
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