Many scholars and historians see Florence, Italy as the “New Athens” and the center of the Renaissance. Why would Florence receive this title and how did Florence live up to it?

listed the works which were

banned by the church=index librorum prohibitorum

questioned many tenets of the catholic church= martin luther’s

ninety-five

theses

an authoritative treatise

on witchcraft=mallets maleficarum

a set of meditation, prayer, and

contemplation exercises to

strengthen one’s relationship

with god=spiritual exercises

hope it

a, he promoted disarmament