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Outline the characteristics of Renaissance.

Outline the characteristics of Renaissance.

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Martin
1. The medieval period advocated the rejection of the body but this changed during the Renaissance period where the human body was glorified and insisted that life had to be enjoyed to the full.

2. Renaissance exalted man who was put at the centre of the world unlike the medieval period which focused on God and the heavens. The revival changed that focus by putting attention to man's life who had to be helped to realize his potentials.

3. Renaissance emphasized the passion for learning and stressed on scholarly exactness. Reason was taken to be more important than the faith of the medieval period. It called for a return to classical learning as well as an appreciation of the humanities, areas of knowledge that refine the human spirit.

4. Renaissance was generally an age optimism where man felt that no discovery and scientific advance lay beyond human achievement. The people for the first time came to realize their potentials in creation as compared to their initial helplessness.

5. Renaissance came to signify a major break from the previous religious dogmas by asserting that the new universe was governed by laws and not the belief in miracles of the medieval period.
marto answered the question on March 19, 2019 at 09:15

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