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Unit 1.1 – Day 4 AIM: How did the revival of Greek and Roman texts lead to the creation of new values and methods of scholarship in both society and religion?
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Greek Literature How did the revival and spread of classical texts lead to new methods of scholarship and new values in both society and religion? Fall of Constantinople (1453) Turks close Christian universities Greek scholars flee to Italy with Ancient texts Plato’s complete works translated into Latin for the first time.
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How did the revival and spread of classical texts lead to new methods of scholarship and new values in both society and religion? Leonardo Bruni Shifted study away from theology and toward the study of classical texts NEW HUMANIST FORM OF SCHOLARSHIP HUMANIST EDUCATION PROGRAM“(The Humanities”)
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Gutenberg Invents the Printing Press & movable type (1454)
How did the revival and spread of classical texts lead to new methods of scholarship and new values in both society and religion? Gutenberg Invents the Printing Press & movable type (1454) Gutenberg Bible (1456) Information can spread more quickly than ever before… and at a fraction of the cost!
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Baldassare Castiglione - The Book of the Courtier
How did the revival and spread of classical texts lead to new methods of scholarship and new values in both society and religion? Baldassare Castiglione - The Book of the Courtier More Secular view of human nature shifts the values of ideal social behavior - “Renaissance Man” (well rounded individual) Polarized gender roles of Men and Women (even more so than the late middle ages)
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The end justifies the means
How did the revival and spread of classical texts lead to new methods of scholarship and new values in both society and religion? Machiavelli – ‘The Prince’ More SECULAR VIEW of HUMAN NATURE leads to new political theory no longer based on religious principles, but based on the interest of the state “Machiavellian”- The end justifies the means
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How did the revival and spread of classical texts lead to new methods of scholarship and new values in both society and religion? Lorenzo Valla – ‘Discourse on the Forgery of the Alleged Donation of Constantine’ Challenged the institutional power of universities and the Church with new philological approaches and secular criticisms of ancient texts
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God created humans in his image therefore, BEING HUMAN IS DIVINE
How did the revival and spread of classical texts lead to new methods of scholarship and new values in both society and religion? Pico della Mirandola- ‘Oration on the Dignity of Man’ New individualist shift in religious values Pantheism – seeing divinity embodied in all aspects of nature and the universe God created humans in his image therefore, BEING HUMAN IS DIVINE Pico Note Classical Lettering
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Even the angels envy us…
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