1. Comparison of Middle Ages and Italian Renaissance
Shamelessly stolen from
Sue Pojer

2. Medieval / Renaissance Values
Highest good = salvation of your soul
Virtu or superiority in human achievement (like the Greeks)

3. Medieval / Renaissance Values
Asceticism or self-denial (flesh = sin)
Gratify earthly desires, hedonism

4. Medieval / Renaissance Values
GOD
MAN

5. Medieval / Renaissance Values
Denial and Self-abnegation
Earthly pleasure

6. Medieval / Renaissance Values
religiosity
secularism

7. Medieval / Renaissance Values
Withdrawal from the world or enter the monastery / cloister
Participation and involvement

8. Medieval / Renaissance Values
Supernatural
Nature or Natural

9. Medieval / Renaissance Values
Spirit or Soul
Flesh and body

10. Medieval / Renaissance Values
Faith
Reason

11. Medieval / Renaissance Values
Corporatism
Individualism

12. Medieval / Renaissance Values
Rural
Urban

13. Medieval / Renaissance Values
Apostolic poverty
Wealth and leisure

14. Medieval / Renaissance Values
Frailty of man & dependence on God’s grace.
Original Sin
Last Judgement and Hell
Reason and Free Will can produce much.
DIGNITY OF MAN & UNAIDED HUMAN ACCOMPLISHMENT WITHOUT GRACE

15. Medieval / Renaissance Values
IDEAL IS THE MONASTERY—withdrawal from the world as sinful. Denial of the flesh—wearing a hairshirt; Flagellation.
Comtemplative life
IDEAL IS CIVIC PARTICIPATION
Delight in earthly pleasures. Emphasize human accomplishments and individual excellence. Classics are models.
An active life