If we accept common usage, it would be hard to argue with the assertion that the Reformation influenced the modern era more. The Renaissance was mainly an aesthetic movement—the revival of the classical in architecture, art, to some extent in le... read more
The primary difference between the Reformation and the Renaissance was that the Reformation focused on a religious revolution, while the Renaissance focused on an intellectual revolution. The Reformation came about in order to correct what many felt were the"faults" of the Catholic Church, leading to Protestant churches such as the Lutheran churches and Baptist churches. read more
The Reformation could be considered as an offshoot of the Renaissance. If the Renaissance was about a humanocentric approach towards the secular, then the Reformation was about bringing the focus of the religious discourse of the day back to centre on the one element all religions exist on and that is an individual. read more
Renaissance and Reformation / Renaissance et Réforme is a bilingual (English and French), multidisciplinary journal devoted to what is currently called the early modern world (see early modern period). read more