Renaissance+and+Reformation+Documents

The Book of the Courtier was written by Baldassare Castiglione. It told people of the Renaissance in Italy how they should act. It was a book of etiquette that was written around 1500. The book said that men were expected to be able to participate in athletics, play musical instruments, dance gracefully, and engage in witty conversation. They also had to know the books and teachings of Ancient Greece and Rome. The bible was used daily in the Renaissance too. However, disputes over the Christian religion, led to the protestant and reformation movements. The church would never be the same after these movements. It split the religion into many different types of Christianity. The new movements were more secular, or worldly than Catholics.

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