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Humanism & Inventions. Florence. Humanism. Salutati Man is responsible for his good or bad deeds God does not control a man’s will or morality - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Humanism & Inventions

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Florence

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HumanismSalutati

Man is responsible for his good or bad deedsGod does not control a man’s will or moralityIt is better to benefit others by living an active public life than to live as a monk, which does not benefit anyone other than the monk

-Rejected medieval view of humanity and focused on the goodness of mankind

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HumanismBruni

Medieval values of piety, humility, and poverty not importantAttitudes about wealth, credit finances, and usury modifiedPagan elements introduced into Christian culture

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Emphasized the dignity and worth of the individualPeople are rational beings who possess within themselves the capacity for truth and goodnessEmphasized the value of the Greek and Latin classics for their own sake, rather than for their relevance to ChristianityCollection and translation of classical manuscriptsInspired by Plato (Aristotle inspired medieval scholarship)Centered around education Attempted to develop the character and intelligence of pupils by a general literary study of the ancient classics

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Movable TypeInvented in 1440 By Johannes GutenbergLed to a great demand for books in the mid 15th century

Printers met the high demand by printing an over-abundance of books.Prices plummeted (20% less than a manuscript)

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Gutenburg’s Printing Press

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Printing PressAided in political and religious revolutionHumanist movement fueled its success.

Canterbury Tales and Dante’s Divine Comedy were some of the first printed

Led to the rise of the vernacular (non-Latin) literary text

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The Protestant and the Catholic

Reformations

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Works CitedEurope: A History by Norman DaviesLegacy by Garfield Newmanhttp://www.tcnj.edu/~simona/ppt.html

http://www.lib.virginia.edu/dic/colls/arh102/

Google Imageshttp://www.columbia.edu/~eer1/branner.html

http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/glo/baroque/

http://www.toffsworld.com/art_artists_painters/images/pieta_small.jpg