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Do you think that the Renaissance started a new age?

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Undoubtedly, it can be said that the Renaissance started a new age. The reasons are as follows:
(i) The Renaissance broke the feudal bonds and established nation-states. (ii) Before the Renaissance period, the church was the supreme authority. People had complete faith in the authority of the church. But in the Renaissance period, rational thinking and logical thought were dominant. (iii) It brought about new ideologies in art and literature. Art and literature began to prosper and reached at its glory. Intellectuals and philosophers attacked on the social norms of the society through their writings. Many painters showed the evils of society through their paintings.
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  2. Which factors were responsible for the widening of European skills?

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  3. Do you think that the Renaissance started a new age?

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  4. Enlist the names of women intellectually creative during the period of...

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  5. Why did the movement break out against the Catholic Church?

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  6. Which factors led to voyages discoveries?

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  7. Which factors indicate success of nation-states?

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  8. The humanists made distinction between middle age and modern age. How?

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  9. What was the view of Leon Batista Alberti on architect?

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  10. What did William Tyndate say in favour of Protestantism?

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  11. What was the contribution of Galileo?

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  12. Discuss the important changes that took place during Renaissance

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  13. Write a note on the following: (i) Spirit of Inquiry (ii) Spirit of Hu...

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  14. What was Counter Reformation Movement?

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  15. Italian towns were the first to experience the ideas of humanism. Why?

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  16. What was the political system that emerged in nation-states?

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  17. What were the effects of Glorious Revolution?

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  18. Nation-states marked a step forward in man's progress. Discuss.

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  19. Write the contributions of Leonardo-da-Vinci.

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  20. Discuss the underlying principles of presumptions constituting indepen...

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