Subject:
1450-1560: Renaissance, Reformation, Exploration Chambers, Chapters 12, 13, and 14. Sherman, Chapters 1, 2, and 3. Primary sources: Transcript of the Marburg Colloqu; Erasmus, ?In Praise of Folly?. Terms: Humanism- Intellectual movement during Renaissance that turned to Classical scholarship. Encouraged sense of self and human values instead of divine concerns alone. Looks back to Roman and Greek eras. Encouraged education with grammar, rhetoric, history, poetry and philosophy. Scholasticism- Changed in the 15th and 16th centuries: formerly the belief that reason could create a philosophy connecting and understanding all truths and conflicts. More people started doubting human reason. Became more focused on analysis.
