Lecture 2 The Renaissance

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Lecture 2The Renaissance

• Dr. Glenn Jonas
• Campbell University

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I. Introduction

• Definitions
• Renaissance
• Humanism

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II. Causes of the Renaissance

• the Muslim invasions of Spain in the 8th century.
  
• the Crusades (brought home influence from other
  areas)
• Fall of Constantinople in 1453 caused Greek
  scholars in East to flee to the West
• Italian nostalgia for the ancient glory of Rome
• Invention of the printing press (approx. 1450)

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Johannes Gutenberg (1400-1468)
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III. The Revival of Classical Learning

• Francesco Petrarch (1304-1374)

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III. The Revival of Classical Learning

• Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375)

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III. The Revival of Classical Learning

• Lorenzo Valla (1407-1457)

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III. The Revival of Classical Learning

• Erasmus (1466-1536)