Posted by needhelp on Tuesday, August 23, 2005 at 12:47pm.
1. What role did the Medici family play in Renaissance Florence?
2. Regarding humanism:
- What are the characteristics of humanism? How was it different
from medieval scholasticism?from nominalism?
- Why is Petrarch considered to be the "Father of Humanism"?
- Why was Cicero a favorite classical figure of Renaissance
humanists?
- What was the goal of a "liberal arts" education? What were core
subjects taught?
- What is meant by the term "civic humanism"?
3. How did the Italian Renaissance differ from the Renaissance of the 12c?
4. According to Castiglione, what are the basic attributes of the Renaissance courtier? How did the values of this courtier influence the development of a modern aristocratic class in Western Europe?
5. List the qualities of a "Renaissance Man", the l'uomo universale.
6. List the basic beliefs of the Neo-Platonists. How did their beliefs differ from the civic humanists?
7. How were humanists responsible for secularizing and professionalizing the writing of history {historiography}?
8. Why did the Renaissance first begin in Italy? Why was Florence at the heart of the Italian Ren.?
9. List the qualities of a “Renaissance man”, the l'uomo universale
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