HIST 1082 Study Guide - Leonardo Bruni, Classical Republicanism, Protestant Reformation
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In 14th century, didn"t bring anything new to the humanism table: had immense amount of influence on rest of europe. 1427 80% of florence males could read and write significant amount of kids attended school. Taught basic reading skills in primary schools. Learned to read by sounding out basic latin texts. Another type of school for reading: by 1300 most of the city states of northern italy had public school systems, so a. Intellectual movement that defined the renaissance = humanism: centered on intense interest in ancient greek and roman world, especially literature. Because of charlemagne, copied and corrected ancient texts: called this the carolingian renaissance, flourished again in 12th century as italians expanded into spain, sicily, and holy land. In northern europe, humanism = generally confined to ecclesiastical circles: limited to men entering church orders. First person to articulate the idea of the renaissance.
