HIST 121 Lecture Notes - Christine De Pizan, Ecclesiastical Latin, Religious Text
22 Nov 2012
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Shift away from medieval scholasticism towards humanism (humanismus: studia humanitas) Characteristics include worldly activity, human potential, and revival of classical learning. Rebirth of the interest and outlooks of human potential. Heavily influenced by the christian fall therefore think incapable of changing world for the better only god is capable. Thomas moore represents renaissance thinking-revival of classical learning and a rebirth of examining the capabilities of human beings. The renaissance introduced the study of what came before, an interest in the ancient world. Rebirth through the discovery of ciceroian latin, his was stylistically different (often called church. Many works were being restored for circulation. Essentially a cultural program which appealed to classical antiquity. Return to ancient sources, different sources than the scholastics (found their works pointless for trying to harmonize christian ideology ) Humanists were critiques of scholastics they wanted to be more historically, literary based. Instead of aristotle they used homer, and cicero.
