CGS SS 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Absolution, Antisemitism, Flagellant
23 Jan 2018
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Christian humanism: those inspired by literary matters, appreciated greece and rome and examined texts. Got back to original language of scripture. Huizinga the waning of the middle ages: counterpart of burckhardt"s book. Writes about what was occurring during same time but in northern europe. Culture of northern europe in 14th and 15th century was dying, saw what was happening at same time in the north as the decline of medieval society and culture. Great anxiety and uncertainty about present and future. So violent and motley was life that it bore the mixed smell of blood and roses . Period of fear, chronic warfare, and death. No one since the great schism had been allowed to enter heaven. People are concerned with devils, hell, what happens when civilization begins to decay. Ranked as world"s single most devastating catastrophe. Believed the black death was caused through the air, tried to pollute the air with other scents.
