Scholars/Philosophers
Italian writer, poet, correspondent of Petrarch
Giovanni Boccaccio
1st part
Humanism is Ethical
The Church
The Father of Humanism
Petrarch
2nd part
Humanism is Rational
After Humanism what was the most important thing in someone's life...
Themselves
Italian scholar; One of the first promoters of Greek studies in Western Europe.
Humanism Supports Democracy and Human Rights
Humanism promoted the idea that humans are at the center of their own universe and should embrace human achievements in education, classical arts, literature, and...
Science
The Bishop of Gerace and the Latin Archbishop of Thebes.
Simon Atumano
4th part
Humanism insists that personal liberty must be combined with social responsibility
Before Humanism, people in the church believed they should be punished and persecuted. After humanism what did they believe?
To live life to the fullest instead of living life afraid of being punished.
A Basilian monk, theologian, and humanistic scholar in southern Italy.
Barlaam of Seminara
5th part
Humanism is a response to the widespread demand for an alternative to dogmatic religion.
renaissance