Change In The Renaissance Period

The word, light, means a few things, such as to begin or accept views that differ from others, or to clarify, and sometimes to discover. In the 15th-17th centuries, people had no problem exploring and toying with new ideas, feelings, and views, although sometimes people opposed to change tried to stop this growth. These people, the ones whom very early on, accepted change, pushed for it, and helped it grow, are the ones whom we owe our modern, well structured life to today. In the old times, it could be very hard to stand for something that the majority of people, or the catholic church, did not allow or believe in, which is with change there will always be some opposition and fighting back. As we know, change means to transform or make something …show more content…
In this time, classical learning and wisdom emerged greatly. After Rome had fallen, it left a great chance to start over, something fresh, new, and clean. Some developments that happened near the end of The Middle Ages sparked ideas for political, social, and intellectual adjustments that would later take place during The Renaissance. During this time, the Roman Catholic Church and the Holy Roman Empire were not doing so well controlling and putting in place a framework for spiritual life. (BBC.CO.UK: "The Myth of The Renaissance In Europe.") Also in this time, city-states began to boom and were now on the rise, as we know now, they had much value and importance. Intellectually, languages were also beginning to sprout, which eventually lead to old feudal structures and laws to finally crumble. (George Mason University, World History Sources.) One thing best know to have happened in this time was Humanism. Humanism is an intellectual movement that was initiated by people such as Machiavelli, Da Vinci, and Michelangelo. Humanism had many significant features like all of human nature, unity and compatibility of truth, and it stressed the dignity of man. Humanism is what sparked The Reformation. (School.Eb: Brittanica, The …show more content…
During this time, Enlightenment thinkers started to question authority, mostly traditional, and stated that humanity, or the world, could be changed through rational change. Rational means reasonable and small, not all at once. (Brittanica.) What came out of The Enlightenment were books, inventions, actual scientific discoveries and even laws and wars. Early Enlightenment thinkers included Thomas Hobbes, an English philosopher best known politically. John Locke was also huge help during this era, he believed that human nature and knowledge were gained through time and experience in the world. These thinkers differences and agreements is what makes The Enlightenment so enlightening and amazing to study and explore further. Heavy debt to what our world is now, is owed to the thinkers and people of The Enlightenment. It is said that in an essay written by German philosopher, Immanuel Kant, he was summing up the era of The Enlightenment. He said, "Dare to know! Have courage to use your own reason!" (Immanuel Kant, Columbia University