Renaissance+and+Reformation+Documents


 * ** Martin Luther's German Translation of the Bible ** ||    **Baldassare Castiglione's "The Book of the Courtier"** ||

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 * This is Martin Luther's German translation of the Bible. It was finished in 1534. Martin Luther was an instigator of the Protestant Reformation and he believed that the Roman Catholic Church was in need of reformation. Martin Luther also thought that every Christian believer was his own priest and had the power to live by their own faith. || This is "The Book of the Courtier" written by Baldassare Castiglione. In this book, he stated what proper for men and women to do. Some of the things stated in this book were, men had to be confident but not boastful, the men also had to become a Renaissance man by participating in athletics, make music with instruments, dance gracefully and be able to have a conversation. Women were supposed to study books and participate in conversation as well as men but were also expected to practice needlepoint or sewing. "The Book of the Courtier" encouraged women to please men but were expected to restrict sexual activity to just their husband. ||