Question : Give reasons for the origin of the Renaissance in Italy.
(2007)
Answer : The Renaissance, a French word meaning rebirth or revival led Europe out of the middle ages into the modern times. It was a period between the early fourteenth and early seventeenth centuries. The rebirth occurred in the fields of art, literature and science. The term of Renaissance was coined by the fifteenth century intellectuals who believed that their age represented the rebirth of classical culture following an infirming age of darkness as they termed the ....
Question : Bring out the main features of the administrative system under Delhi Sultanate during Turko-Afghan period.
(2006)
Answer : Establishment of Delhi Sultanate in the thirteenth century constitutes a significant landmark in the evolution of the administrative system. A system which was characterised by fragmented nature of the policy during the post-Harsha period was again put under a centralised dispensation by the Turko-Afghans.
The foremost feature of the administrative system was that the Sultan’s office was the most important. The Sultan had the supreme political, military and legal authority vested in him. He was responsible ....
Question : “The Renaissance scholars laid the eggs which Luther, the father of the Reformation, later on hatched.” Discuss.
(2006)
Answer : Among the several developments that have heralded the beginning of modern world, the two most important developments are the Renaissance and the Reformation. The ideas they unleashed and the effects they created were far reaching.
Renaissance literally means rebirth. It started as a cultural movement in Italy in form of revival of faiths in classical civilization and in power of man to fashion his happiness in the world.Its chief feature was humanism. This exalted man, and ....
Question : ‘Rousseau’s political philosophy contains the seeds of Socialism, Absolutism and Democracy.’
(2004)
Answer : Jean Jacques Rousseau was a major philosopher, writer, and composer of the eighteenth century Enlightenment, whose political philosophy with seeds of socialism influenced the French Revolution and the development of modern political and educational thought. Perhaps Jean Jacques Rousseau’s most important work is The Social Contract, which outlines the basis for a legitimate political order within a framework of classical republicanism. The treatise begins with the dramatic opening lines, “Man is born free, and everywhere ....
Question : ‘The Renaissance was the discovery of the world and of man’.
(2002)
Answer : The period before renaissance was a dark age in the history of Europe. Feudalism and its repercussion on the society had made whole European society a poor state where political system itself was also highly exploitative.
The spirit of renaissance opposed the superstitious belief in a modest way, revived the old days social and moral values and enlightened the European masses by criticising the existing religious dogmatism. The greatest achievement of this age was the spirit ....
