Renaissance History and Culture

A surge of interest in Classical scholarship and values

The substitution of the Copernican for the Ptolemaic system of astronomy

The revival of Classical learning and wisdom

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<p>Social, political, and intellectual transformations</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The increasing failure of the Roman Catholic Church and the Holy Roman Empire to provide a stable and unifying framework for the organization of spiritual and material life was due to the rise of city-states and national monarchies, the development of national languages, and the breakup of the old feudal structures.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The predecessors of the humanist movement in Italy were men like Dante and Petrarch.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The fall of Constantinople in 1453 provided a major boost to the humanist movement in Italy.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Humanism took human nature as its subject, stressed the unity and compatibility of truth in all philosophical and theological schools, emphasized the dignity of humankind, and looked forward to a rebirth of a lost human spirit and wisdom.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The effect of humanism was to help men break free from the mental strictures imposed by religious orthodoxy, to inspire free inquiry and criticism, and to inspire a new confidence in the possibilities of human thought and creations.</p> Signup and view all the answers