HIST 255 Midterm: HIST 255 Lecture Notes before Midterm
9 Apr 2013
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The idea of the renaissance: conviction of artists and intellectuals. Saw birth of christ as turning point. 14th, saw peak of civilization in classical antiquity: saw cicero"s age (1st c) as the beginning. Coined the term the dark ages for the middle ages: condemned bad latin. Started the renaissance: recognized his time as different, sought to revive classics, search for ancient texts. Those who sought to revive civilizations of antiquity. Brought rebirth of classical style and culture: art. Started move to naturalism: northern reformation. Renaissance ended dark ages: nineteenth c. scholars. Following hegel, wanted to capture zeitgeist : the spirit of the age. Burckhardt wrote the civilization of the renaissance in italy (1860: renaissance was consciously created by man. The key to the renaissance was the individual: led to breakdown of morality and questioning religion, one of the best books on the subject, reactions to burckhardt and the renaissance . Charles homer haskins, the renaissance of the twelfth century (1927)
