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RENAISSANCE Period in ITALY

Renaissance Period

marks the period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the Modern world.

means rebirth and is used to mark an era of broad cultural achievement as a result of renewed interest in the classical art and ideas of Ancient Greece and Rome

HUMANISM

is the term generally applied to the predominant social philosophy and intellectual and literary currents of the period from 1400 to 1650.

The Italian Renaissance is best known for its cultural achievements.

humanists believed that the Greek and Latin classics contained both all the lessons

Human beings, was the central focus during the renaissance period.

ITALY, the starting point of humanism. factor which made Italy a natural place for launching the humanist movement was its obvious

Literoe humaniore, was adopted to describe the classic literature of Rome — a contrast to the Literoe sacroe of the church’s scholastic philosophy.

Connection to Rome.

consequence development of renaissance humanism- importance in education

Early Humanist

Petrarch

An Italian poet who applied the ideas and values of the ancient Greeks and Rome.

the first to work to unearth long-forgotten manuscripts.

Petrarch argued that our highest goals should not be the imitation of Christ, but rather the principles of virtue and truth as described by the ancients.

Coluccio Salutati (1331-1406) and Leonardo Bruni (1369-1444)

became chancellors of Florence

They worked to develop new ways of thinking about Florence’s republican traditions and engaged in a great deal of correspondence with others to explain their principles.