History 2403E Lecture : Humanism .doc
22 Mar 2012
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The principle intellectual movement/force of the european renaissance. Renaissance: means rebirth fresh start: new beginning. One of the most important historical books ever. He argues: when we talk about the renaissance age between the medieval world and the reformation world. It"s a new and different period and the people in the time period had totally different ideas than the people who came before them: he argued that the ren was marked by new individuality. People came to see themselves as unique with there own strengths and weaknesses and were able to pursue their own course in life. In the medieval world people always thought of themselves in terms of group identity. I am french/christian/part of such and such family . If you asked someone in the ren they would say i am me/student/etc : new sense of human potential. They don"t believe that the medieval world was dark and ignorant but rather vibrant and intelligent.
