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A church-controlled system of education that stressed theology and logic.
Scholasticism
A “rebirth” of classical studies i.e literature from ancient Greece, which includes bible studies.
Renaissance
Less emphasis on church matter.
Secularism
An economy based on raising capital
Capitalism
Can increase trade and the age of exploration and the development of technology.
Capitalism
An economy based on finance and money.
“Capital” (from the definition of capitalism)
The father of Humanism
Petrarch
Financial support of the arts
Patronage
The invention of the printing press helped….
Spread ideas widely quicker and caused the Renaissance in Italy to start and then travel north to the Alps into modern day Germany, the Netherlands and Britain.
Because of the printing press the Renaissance in Italy spread out to the Alps, aka……
Modern day Germany, the Netherlands, and Britain.
Was made in the year 1440
The printing press
the Monarchs didn’t have control over everything, but……
Had control over religion and centralized tax collections.
Two pairs that are great examples of Monarchs are……
Henry the VIII and Elizabeth the I of England and Isabella and Ferdinand of Spain.
Who’s exploration started a permanent trade between the new and old worlds.
Columbus
Who lived before 1450, but is still one of the most important people in the Renaissance?
Petrarch
Philology
The study of the history and development of historical language esp. LIatin.
Identified several different stages in the development of the Latin language
Lorenzo Volio
Questioned churches based on when certain documents that were held as authoritative were written because of their antiquity.
Lorenzo Volio
Wrote one of the most widely read humanistic books called Oration on the Dignity of Man.
Giovanna Pica Della Mirandola
In his book he talked about the potential we have inside of us as human beings.
Giovanna Pica Della Mirandola
Emphasis on the triumph of an individual as opposed to the community.
Individualism
The result of adding humanism to the public sphere
Civic Humanism
His book the Courtier served as a guide for how educated young men should behave in courtly society
Baldassare
Wrote the new Cicero in which he wrote about how educated men are duty-bound to deploy their education in service of the state.
Leonardo Bruni
He laid out his method for wielding political power in a book he wrote titled The Prince.
Niccolo Machiavelli
The chief architect for the rebuilding of the church of San Lorenzo in Florence.
Filippo Brunelleschi
Got rid of the Gothic Conventions and replaced it with Roman columns and arches in the rebuilding of San Lorenzo’s church.
Filippo Brunelleschi
Uses geometric conventions
The Last Supper painting by Leonardo da Vinci
Is an example of a religious theme with humanistic influence
Michelangelo’s sculpture of the biblical figure David
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