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HUMANISM

-ANTHRPOCENTRISM

-THE RIVAL OF ANTIQUITY

-THE LOVE OF KNOWLEDGE

DEFINITION:

-CULTURAL MOVEMENT THAT FIRST BEGAN IN ITALIAN CITY-STATES

IMPORTANT HUMANISTS:

-Marsilio Ficino and Pico Della Mirandola

-Erasmus of Rotterdam

-Thomas Moore

-Cardenal Cisneros

-Antonio de Nebrija

CHARACTERISTICS:

-ANTHROPOCENTRISM

-THE REVIVAL OF ANTIQUITY

-THE LOVE OF KNOWLEDGE

THE SPREAD OF KNOWDELGE

THE PRINTING PRESS:

-(1440)-JOHANNES GUTTENBERG

-BOOKS COULD PRODUCE EASILY WITH THIS METHOD

-BOOKS WRITTEN BY HAND

-IMPROVED LITERACY

SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE:

-SCIENTIFIC METHOD

-EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE

-ASTRONOMY

-MEDICINE

-GEOGRAPHY

RENAISSANCE IN ITALY: