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The essence of Renaissance and Reformation

identical

(1) background and social conditions.

(2) the nature and goal of spearhead

③ Seeking and absorbing nutrition.

④ Relationship with rulers

different

(1) Questions about people

(2) The question of faith and religious tolerance.

③ Mass base

(4) in the attitude towards religion

Compare the similarities and differences between the Renaissance and the Reformation.

The same: ① background, all happened in the era of the disintegration of feudal system and the rise of capitalism in western Europe;

(2) The nature is the anti-feudal struggle of the growing bourgeoisie in the ideological field;

(3) Influence, which quickly spread to the whole western Europe after its rise, promoted people's ideological emancipation and modern cultural prosperity, and had a great influence on the bourgeoisie.

Differences: ① The Renaissance was an ideological movement, while the Reformation was a social movement;

(2) The Renaissance promoted the bourgeois world outlook in the form of reviving classical culture, and the religious reform was the anti-feudal struggle of the emerging bourgeoisie in the cloak of religion; ③ The mass base is different: Renaissance is an aristocratic movement, and Religious Reform is a mass movement;

④ Different results: Renaissance liberated people from religious bondage, promoted people's exploration and promoted the emergence of modern natural science; The religious reform triggered the peasant war, established the principle that religion was decided by the state, and made religious freedom prevail gradually.

Understanding: Economy is the foundation of politics, and politics is the concentrated reflection of economy.