Italian Renaissance Humanism Quiz

Humanism helped define the Italian Renaissance by emphasizing secularism, rejection of religious thought, and the importance of the individual. It focused on the study of classics and reinterpreted classic texts to give new life to their culture.

The key intellectual pursuits of humanism during the Renaissance included the study of grammar, rhetoric, poetry, moral philosophy, history, and the classics of ancient Greece and Rome.

Humanists approached the classics by using the ideas in the classics to give new life to their culture, while writers in the Middle Ages mostly quoted classic texts to support their religious writings.

<p>The term 'humanities' as studied by humanists encompasses grammar, rhetoric, poetry, moral philosophy, and history, which are now known as the humanities.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The primary focus of humanists in their study of the classics was to use the ideas in the classics to rejuvenate their culture and establish a different relationship with the ancient texts.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The key intellectual movement of the Renaissance was called humanism.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Humanists studied grammar, rhetoric, poetry, moral philosophy, and history.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Humanists used the classics to give new life to their culture, while writers in the Middle Ages mostly used them to support religious ideas.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Renaissance emphasized the individual.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Today these subjects are called the humanities.</p> Signup and view all the answers