What is iconoclasm, and what impact did this movement have on Reform

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For this discussion you will write a response of 200-250 words to one of the topics listed below. Your short essay should include evidence of familiarity with the assigned readings in addition to your personal reflections on the topic. Your writing must be well organized and contain correct grammar, spelling and sentence structure. You will not need to perform outside research to write this reflection; after viewing the chapter module and completing the assigned reading for the week, respond thoughtfully with your reasoned and measured opinion, using the chapter materials as context.

Prompt 1

What is iconoclasm, and what impact did this movement have on Reform churches and Northern art?  Support your discussion with specific examples from the text.

Prompt 2

Consider how Renaissance humanism influenced the Protestant Reformation. Which Renaissance characteristics also describe the ideas of the Reformation?

Prompt 3

Technology, specifically the printing press, played a major role in the success of the Protestant Reformation. Do computers or other forms of digital technology play a similar role in today's society? If so, how? Reference a specific example from contemporary media in your response.

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• 200-250 word requirement 

 

 

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How have the historical actions of Europe in Africa and the Americas affected you personally?

Hint: Think in terms of your ethnic heritage, language, diet, etc.

Your initial post should be around 200 words.

 

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For this assignment you will write a response of 200-250 words to one of the topics listed below. Your short essay should include evidence of familiarity with the assigned readings in addition to your personal reflections on the topic. Your writing must be well organized and contain correct grammar, spelling and sentence structure. You will not need to perform outside research to write this reflection; after viewing the chapter module and completing the assigned reading for the week, respond thoughtfully with your reasoned and measured opinion, using the chapter materials as context.

Prompt 1

What sort of society is envisioned by Thomas More in Utopia (Reading 2a, p. 190)?  What elements of contemporary society are similar to or different than his ideal model?

Prompt 2

Describe the differences between “miracle plays” and “morality plays” and the way they led to Elizabethan drama. 

Prompt 3

What role did Pocahontas play in the English colonization of Virginia?

 

• 200-250 word requirement 

 

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One of the major conflicts between 16th- and 17th-century Protestants and Catholics was over the style of worship services. Whereas Catholics focused on spectacle and spiritual and psychological transport to another place, Protestants sought to involve worshippers more directly, through congregational participation and the restriction of ritual. What role does visual art play in both approaches? Regardless of your personal religious beliefs, which artistic style do you consider most effective, and why?

 

Your initial post should be around 200 words.