Compare the humanism of rebirth and the asceticism of the Middle Ages, what is the fundamental difference.

The fundamental difference lies in the fact that the enlighteners of the Renaissance put in the first place the desires and interests of the person himself, while in the midst of the Middle Ages, church officials convinced people that human desires and interests are sinful and insignificant, and in the first place should be the service of God.

Early on, many supporters of the revival were burned at the stake by the Inquisition as heretics. But the views preached by the supporters of the revival became more and more popular in Europe and the Church Inquisition had to give up.