HISTORY
THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION
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Exploring religious themes from the past.
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Not valuing individual achievement.
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Exploring the human experience in the here and now.
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rejecting man’s achievements and placing importance on God.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Humanists believed in the importance of an education in classical literature and the promotion of civic virtue, that is, realising a person’s full potential both for their own good and for the good of the society in which they live.
Detailed explanation-2: -Education was believed to be good for society, as a whole, so it was promoted during this time. Overall, the renaissance humanist movement placed emphasis on the individual human, their moral responsibilities, and how to lead a virtuous, public life.
Detailed explanation-3: -Florence. It was in Florence that a distinctly humanist culture first emerged in Renaissance Italy. Coluccio Salutati (1331–1406), a disciple of Petrarch, was a key figure in the development of humanism within the city.