Renaissance Activity 1A Factsheet
Read ONLY the clues with points!
| DESIDERIUS ERASMUS |
3 pts: Known as "Prince of the Humanists".
2 pts: Very brave in writing about the need for improvement in the Church but never wanted to become Protestant. 1 pt: "Thomas More, I have called my book Encomium Moriae (Greek title) because of your name, which comes as near to the word for folly as you are far from the meaning of it." |
| "Monks insist that everything be done in precise detail...Just so many knots must be on each shoe and the shoelace must be of only one color,...and they can sleep only the specified number of hours per day...They think that they are superior to all people and will be rewarded in heaven." |
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