7th - World Studies Chap 4 Section 1 Flashcards
Where did the crusaders bring information and knowledge from back to Europe?
The Byzantines and Muslims
Because of the growth of the middle class, students could now afford what?
Private Teacher
What was the focus of Renaissance scholars?
To be a well-rounded person
What was at the center of Humanist philosophy and thinking?
Humans
Humanists based their ideas off of what?
On the writings of the classical world
What subjects were part of humanities?
Literature, philosophy, art, history, grammar and speech
Where did the Renaissance begin?
The city-states of Northern Italy
Who was the father of humanism?
Petrarch
Who wrote the courtier and what was it about?
Castiglione, it was about etiquette
Who wrote the Prince?
Machiavelli
How did people from Northern Europe come across Renaissance ideas?
When citizen from Europe traveled to Italy
The writers of Northern Europe focused on what type of sources?
Christian
Who was eramus
He published a greek new testiment
Who wrote Utopia? What was it about?
Sir Thomas More, it was about a view of an ideal country that would operate according to reason
What was Johannes Gutenberg known for?
His work on moveable type printing
