HIST 214 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Early Modern Europe, Gothic Architecture, Renaissance Humanism
24 Jan 2019
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Modern: what is modern" about early modern europe, 16th century people talked about new discoveries" as a sign of their difference from both medieval and ancient worlds: Myths of the renaissance: that the renaissance is a secular movement, representing a decline in the significance of. Humanism" is not secularism in our period (not yet) Humanists" are teacher is litterae humaniores or studia humanittas": humanism has multiple meanings (this is a problem) Imitation of ancients: return to classical latin and literary forms of ancients (cicero"s letter and speeches for example: philology: new texts available (direct access to greek texts) new editions and translations.
