Problem:
Focusing on at least two of the following course themes of religion, government, gender roles, and social class, explain whether or not the Renaissance and the Reformation were sharp breaks from the Middle Ages. Please note: Please explain your stance about both the Reformation and the Renaissance clearly. You can argue that both the Renaissance and the Reformation were breaks from the Middle Ages, neither broke with the Middle Ages, that one broke with Middle Ages but the other did not, or something in between. But the Renaissance and the Reformation were not the same thing, so you need talk about them as two separate but related movements.