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Renaissance--A reconsideration of past knowledge,
reinterpreted
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and
reformulated into new ideas
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European Renaissance began in 14th century Florence; scholars
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read
Greek, Latin writers, while reinterpeting classical and
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medieval
ideas symbolically, allegorically, or abstractly (e.g.,
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myths,
correspondences)
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Christian humanism--Movement that believed individuals (and
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especially
rulers) should strive for perfection and influence others
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through
the pursuit and transmission of knowledge, esp. in the
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liberal
arts (philosophy, history, poetry, music, the visual arts,
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and dancing)
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