MARS 1F90 Lecture Notes - Seven Deadly Sins, Medieval Latin, Courtly Love
18 Apr 2012
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Intellectuals in the renaissance were aware of themselves living in a new age. Focused on people living in society vs people the afterlife ( the religious view vs how can they help their own community). Humanism is a movement that encouraged the study of the form and content of classical learning. (ancient greek and ancient latin), humanists were obsessed with the study of the old greek and romes texts. New mindset on the viewing of history, education and ethics. Latin they looked at the form and content; they believed if you studied the language other than the content but the style ( how it"s being expressed) can transform society. Dante: dante and the renaissance (beginning of the renaissance; associated with. 2: 3) beatrice and dante in paradise (the knowledge of god) - Dante as typical of the middle ages: his feelings for beatrice, his interpretation of the politics of his day, his pursuit of knowledge.
