Example of a body paragraph for a DBQ: Topic sentence: Evidence: P.O. Evidence: Pov. Evidence Pov. Extra doc. Conclusion: Another intellectual characteristic of the Renaissance was the increased interest by Europeans in the things of this world. 15! century Europeans continue to be quite religious but were increasing interested in secular concerns. Castiglione, in his advice to young members of the court implies a myriad of interests such as music, tennis, dancing, soldiering, poetry and other things in his book. Since Castiglione was himself a member of the nobility, his comments can be accepted as accurately reflecting secular interest of Europeans. Doc. Band C by DaVinci reveal ofhelvorldly interests of Renaissance men. In Doc B, DaVinci advises artists to study human anatomy and animals not to focus on religious revelations to be a better artist, In Doc C, DaVinci's secular interests involved military equipment and ‘engineering, In accepting DaVinci’s ideas we need to remember that he was offering his services to the Duke of Milan and may have overemphasized his abilities just to make a sale. Final evidence of the secular interest of the Renaissance comes from Polish astronomer Copernicus who studied the idea of a heliocentric universe. The document's tone is more tentative than that of DaVinci or Castiglione, but Copernicus is challenging both the Catholic Church's and the classicat past’s understanding of the universe. ‘A better understanding of the secular interest of the Europeans in worldly affairs would be helped with documents from women or non elites. These two groups might not share the same interests of the educated males in the documents presented. In conclusion, examination of all the documents reveals little concern for religious affairs that dominated the Medieval era, but a wide variety of interests in their contemporary world.