History A-Level
Humanism and textual scholarship
What Humanism and textual scholarship means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Humanism and textual scholarship
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Humanist scholarship, including Erasmus's Greek New Testament, gave Luther tools to question Church authority and called for a return to original sources.
Topics that use Humanism and textual scholarship
- Luther’s early challenge to the Catholic Church, 1517–20 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- 1520 pamphlets
- Academic debate and public controversy
- Authority and dissent
- Authority and reform
- burning of the Bull of Excommunication
- Corruption and reform
- Indulgences and salvation
- Papal responses and the escalation of the conflict
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