Illuminating Renaissance and Reformation Artifacts (Texts, Paintings, Sculpture, and Churches)

Meet some of the artists, painters, sculptors, humanists, demonologists, and/or reformers who helped construct our present world. This visual collection serves to spice up the textbook and offers artifacts to view and fit into the context of the age. From images and text, we discover that the premodern world was colorful, vivid, and nothing short of amazing.

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

The Four Witches

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We learn in class that 80,000 people were accused of being witches, but about 40,000 of them were actually executed. These executions ...
Thursday, November 21, 2013

The Interior Castle

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          The Interior Castle also known as The Mansion s is a book by St. Teresa of Avila. It was written in 1577. The book came about...

Flagellant Master Leads His Band of Followers Through a City

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     This image was in our book on page 277. I have had trouble finding information about this image, I can only seem to find sites tryi...
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The founding of the Society of Jesus

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The founding of the Society of Jesus On August 15, 1534, Ignatius and six friends vowed to spend their lives helping souls (Zophy). Th...

King Henry the VIII Artifacts!

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"King Henry VIII," artist unknown           I know that this subject may be a bit late to post on, but recently I remembered...
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anti-jesuits

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The counter-reformation of the 16th century sparked a new ideology of the Catholic faith.  Ignatius Loyola realized the importance of a re...
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Wednesday, November 20, 2013

The Imitation of Christ

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The Imitation of Christ is a book originally written in Latin by Thomas a Kempis. This German man wrote this book and today is considered...

Francis Xavier

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               This is a portrait of Francis Xavier, a Jesuit missionary who primary focused on spreading Christianity to Asia.  This painti...
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