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Renaissance Humanism - 7 views

  • The return to favor of the pagan classics stimulated the philosophy of secularism, the appreciation of worldly pleasures, and above all intensified the assertion of personal independence and individual expression. Zeal for the classics was a result as well as a cause of the growing secular view of life. Expansion of trade, growth of prosperity and luxury, and widening social contacts generated interest in worldly pleasures, in spite of formal allegiance to ascetic Christian doctrine. Men thus affected -- the humanists -- welcomed classical writers who revealed similar social values and secular attitudes.
  • Renaissance man may indeed have found himself suspended between faith and reason.
  • Human experience, man himself, tended to become the practical measure of all things. The ideal life was no longer a monastic escape from society, but a full participation in rich and varied human relationships.
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  • Desiderius Erasmus (1466-1536), one of the greatest humanists, occupied a position midway between extreme piety and frank secularism. Francesco Petrarch (1304-1374) represented conservative Italian humanism
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    could be a good site for starting a discussion on Humanism with students?...
David Hilton

Front Page - Post-Reformation Digital Library - LibGuides at Calvin College - 2 views

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    The Post-Reformation Digital Library is a collection of resources put together by a group of researchers and relating to the development of theology during the Post-Reformation/early modern era (ca. 16th-18th c.), hosted by the Hekman Library in Grand Rapids, Michigan (USA) at the H. Henry Meeter Center for Calvin Studies of Calvin College and Calvin Theological Seminary.
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    Most of it seems to be in Latin. Probably should have realised that before I starting adding it as a bookmark. Oh well. Too late now.
David Hilton

Flickr: Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts' Photostream - 4 views

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    Has nearly 80 images of medieval illuminated manuscripts and maps. Very beautiful.
David Hilton

Internet Ancient History Sourcebook: Main Page - 2 views

  • Introduction: Using Primary Sources
  • Nature of Historiography
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    Another of the excellent sourcebooks run by those Jesuits at Fordham Uni. This is the best online primary source research for the ancient world I've found.
David Hilton

Schedule - History of Western Civilization - 5 views

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    There seems to be an increasing tendency to put uni courses online and publicly available. How awesome!
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