Comparison of North and South (Italy) Renaissance: 1) South {Ans: -Italian Renaissance=more secular in tone and nature, more humanistic, subject matter more deeply classical (Botticelli's "Birth of Venus" sums it up) into more drama}3) Moral corruption {Ans: ~if you are politically and finically corrupt, then you become morally corrupt as well ~The popes wheeled and dealed and bought and sold offices. ~Some popes who had mistresses and fathered illegitimate children,}4) Theologically corrupt {Ans: Many false teachings had entered the church through the Middle Ages—the veneration of saints, the cult of the Virgin Mary, the doctrine of purgatory, and many more.}Martin Luther Biography {Ans: -He was a professor of Theology and was working through the book of Romans-can across a verse said ""The just shall live by faith." ~He wanted to bring the Church back to Ephesians 2:8-9 and Titus 3:5: "Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us."}"The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism" by Max Weber (1905) {Ans: ~through the acquisition of wealth, and all the capitalistic virtues that go with that, one could demonstrate that there was the blessing of God in your