Abigail Wright Reger 1 31/8/14 AP European History FRQ - Renaissance Once Italian Renaissance begins, the ideas and conceptions of individuals in society changes drastically from previous thoughts. During the Middle Ages, people were focused only on life after death, Christian humility, and that the ruler?s role in society was to rule only by following basic Christian principles. People who changed this way of thinking were called humanists. Three ways that the Renaissance revolutionized the ideas of individuals was through the ideas of secularism, individualism, and the ruler?s role in society.