AP European History Contrasting the Renaissance and Later Middle Ages Created in 1998 by Chaffey Classes of ?99, ?00, & ?01 Renaissance Later Middle Ages Philosophy: Humanism ? Emphasis on secular concerns due to rediscovery and study of ancient Greco-Roman culture. Religion dominates Medieval thought. Scholasticism: Thomas Aquinas ? reconciles Christianity with Aristotelian science. Ideal: ? Virt? ? Renaissance Man should be well- rounded (Castiglione) Ideal: ? Man is well-versed in one subject. Literature: ? Humanism; secularism ? Northern Renaissance focuses also on writings of early church fathers ? Vernacular (e.g. Petrarch, Boccacio) ? Covered wider variety of subjects (politics, art,
Contrasting the Renaissance and Later Middle Ages
AP European History Contrasting the Renaissance and Later Middle Ages Created in 1998 by Chaffey Classes of ?99, ?00, & ?01 Renaissance Later Middle Ages Philosophy: Humanism ? Emphasis on secular concerns due to rediscovery and study of ancient Greco-Roman culture. Religion dominates Medieval thought. Scholasticism: Thomas Aquinas ? reconciles Christianity with Aristotelian science. Ideal: ? Virt? ? Renaissance Man should be well- rounded (Castiglione) Ideal: ? Man is well-versed in one subject. Literature: ? Humanism; secularism ? Northern Renaissance focuses also on writings of early church fathers ? Vernacular (e.g. Petrarch, Boccacio) ? Covered wider variety of subjects (politics, art,
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