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A movement that began in Italy that was both philosphical and artisitc. It was marked by a renewed interest in ancient Greek and Roman literature and life.
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A humanist, who became a famous scholar and a teacher. He also wrote poetry. The sonnets he wrote to Laura, an imaginary ideal woman, are considered some of the greatest love poems in literature.
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Scholars beleived that he became the first European to use movable type to print books. Gutenberg used his printing press to print copies of the Bible.
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He was an architect, engineer, painter, sculptor, and scientist. His studies in anatomy helped him draw realistic human figures, and used mathematics to organize his space.
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Michelangelo painted the chapel ceiling, the residence of the pope. He also sculpted the famous sluptures of David and Pieta.
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Martin Luther was a priest , and teacher. He felt it necessary to challenge church practices theat he disagreed with. The church ended up throwing Luther out. Luther then founded the Lutherian Church.
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Several northern humanists argues thta the Roman Catholic Church had lost sight of its spiritual mission. Their claims would lead to a movement the would split the church. This was called the Reformation
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Utopia is a book writtern by Thomas More, an English humanist. In this work, More condemned governments as courrupt and argues that private ownership of property causes unnecessary conflicts between people.
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This book was written by Baldassare Casiglione,an Italian diplomat. The book was about how real gentlemen and genlewomen should act in polite society.
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Carried on Zwingli's work. Zwingli shared many ideas about the church, but disagreed on forms of worship and religious images. For example, Zwingli's followers covered up wall decorations in churches.
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