Renaissance Humanism
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ibchupp on September 19, 2007
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Pre-IB 9 World History, super epic legendary spellers
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Thomas More | English Writer and civic humanist. was executed by HenryVIII for not recognizing him as the head of the Church. Known for: Utopia--> (imaginative island) -->critisized society |
| Erasmus | Dutch Humanist. Critisized churchtraditions & infallability of pope. known for: praise of Folly, Julius Excluded From Heaven-->pope's going to Hell |
| Francois Rabelais | French humanist. Hoped to establish a "Utopian" Society. Known for: Gargantua--> giants-->making fun of Monastaries(Swimming pools, maids, no clocks)-->"eat, drink, and be Merry" society |
| More, Erasmus, & Rabelais | Worked to make society better |
| Machiavelli | a humanist who Wrote The Prince--> "Better feared Than Loved" --> "The End Justifies The Means" --> wanted to make Italy a Nation state |
| Humanism | The intellectual Philosophy that revived Antiquity |
| Petrarch | Secularism. "Jesus is my savior, Cicero is my Prince of language" revived Classical Latin-->Sonnets To Laura |
| Leonardo Bruni | Wrote The new Cicero-->Cicero= Ideal citizen |
| Valla | Wrote The Elegences of the Latin Language--> Looks at Donation Of Constantine: it is a fake. -->pope is critisized |
| The New Way of Thinking | Critical Thinking |
| Johann Guttenberg | Invented moveable type--> mass production of books-->monastaries = unnecessary |
| Ficino | Created Florentine platonic academy. Developed Neoplatonism |
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