What concept best distinguishes the difference between the time of the Middles Ages and the Renaissance ?
Correct answer: A. Humanism
- A. Humanism
- B. The rise of Queen Elizabeth
- C. The popularity of theater
- D. The life of Shakespeare
Explanation
Humanism marks the Renaissance shift toward classical learning, individual potential, and human experience rather than the predominantly religious outlook of the Middle Ages. Elizabeth, theatre, and Shakespeare belong to the period but do not define the intellectual difference.
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