Question

How did humanism impact political thinking during the Renaissance? It allowed emperors to justify conquering new territories. It inspired merchants to spread European ideas about democracy. It led scholars to support religious leaders over independent monarchs. It reduced the importance of religion over how people thought about society.

Answer 1

The correct answer is D) it reduced the importance of religion over how people thought about society.

Humanism impacted political thinking during the Renaissance in that it reduced the importance of religion over how people thought about society.

By the 14th century in Italy, writers and scholars supported the ideas about humans as smart beings capable of thinking on their own, not following the religious dogma imposed through the dark ages of the Middle Age. Humanism tried to educated people in culture and arts, trying to continue with the legacy of great ancient cultures such as the Greeks and the Romans.