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EDUCATION → Renaissance Innovation: Humanism

• scholasticism & humanism both valued latin

  • humanists valued the latin of ancient roman empire

  • scholastics valued the latin of the church

• humanists re-examine ancient greek

• republics → education for civic growth

  • education will make a person better (more education = better person = better citizen)

• the church:

  • post-schism

    • dedicated to rebuilding the church

    • new biographies of saints

    • church services in new latin

    • library of classical texts

• major humanist - Lorenzo valla (1407-57)

  • ithe donation of constantine = document that said the emperor of constantine gave the pope Western Europe

    • used as a huge piece of evidence for the pope’s power in Europe => major source for Pope’s authoiry\ty

    • claimed to be from Eperor Constantine

    • Valla analyzed its language → proved the documet was not from Constantine

      • conclusion → latin used was not inconsistent

        • forgery →