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What do you find the most difficult thing about the coming test?

Remember absolutism? 

1) What does absolutism mean again? 
2) Why do absolutism and the age of enlightenment not go well together? 
3) If the majority of the population would start to convert to enlightened ideas... What consequences would this have for the king / queen? 

Which of the following sentences is incorrect?

1. the emperor made Luther an outlaw
2. the pope excommunicated Luther
3. the prince of Saxony protected Luther
4. all German princes supported Luther

What do you find the most difficult thing about the coming test?

Humanism

- ad Fontes!

- read the original sources yourself

- translate these sources yourself (Vulgaat) 

- spread the knowledge

Humanism (2)

- The individual is important

- Tabula Rasa: without prejudice 

- printing press helps spreading the knowledge

Humanism vs. Church 

- Humanists focused on the present. The Church focused on the afterlife.

- Humanists believed people should use their own minds and question everything. The Church believed people should follow its teachings without question in order to save their souls.

Humanities

In order to further study the potential of human beings, people can study the HUMANITIES:

areas of study that focuses on human life and culture, such as: history, literature, and ethics.

(Artists in the Renaissance will also encourage the study of the human body as well as the mind.)

In what way do your studies at school embrace humanist ideas?