Renaissance and Reformation

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The Northern Renaissance

They searched out classical manuscripts in the libraries of European monasteries, often finding them in poor conditions and entirely forgotten. Popes, princes and merchants collected these neglected treasures and stored them in magnificent libraries. There they could studied by scholars from every corner of Europe. Many wealthy Italians of the fifteenth century took a keen interest in the Ancient Romans.

The Recovery of Classical Culture

Petrarch: A Pioneer of Humanism

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Francesco Petrarch, an Italian poet born in 1304, led the early development of Renaissance humanism. He studied Roman literature and philosophy and encouraged to do the same. A collector of ancient manuscripts, Petrarch rediscovered a number of Roman authors whose work had been forgotten during the Middle Ages.

Bookmaking became much cheaper, which meant that more people could affor to own books Bookmaking became faster, so that many more books could be published Scholars had better access to one another works and to the great books of the ancient and medieval worlds

The Printing Press

Petrarch and other Renaissance humanists tried to understand the entire civilization of the ancient world Development of individual talents Public service and politics The role of women

New Attitudes

The Italian City-States

Italian merchants and bankers had the wealth to acquire libraries and fine works of art. They admired and encouraged art, literature and scholarship. Sorrounded by reminders of ancient Rome -amphitheaters, monuments and sculptures- they took an interest in classical culture and thought.