HISTORY 3H03 Lecture 2: Week 2 Civic Humanism
30 Jan 2018
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The cultural and intellectual movement that emerged in florence in the 14th and 15th centuries. Scholars have argued that renaissance humanism took different forms. What started as an interest in classical literature soon began to shape a new approach to learning generally. Would shape european interest in the sciences as well as history philosophy music and art. Focus on politics for these lectures - one of the biggest influences humanism had. Civic humanism is the name given by historians like hans baron to the cultural and intellectual movement that first emerged in florence under the influence of coluccio, Hans baron argues this movement had important philosophical and moral dimensions that served to inform florentine definitions of good governance. Describe economic and political factors that contributed to civic humanism. Assess the contribution of civic humanism to renaissance political culture and education. Eugenio garin (d. 2004) renaissance philosophy, humanism. First stage: scholarship of petrarch and his contemporary giovanni boccaccio.
