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Humanism and Knowledge
Humanism (characteristics) 
The revival of antquity
The humanist scholars Petrarch and Giovanni Boccaccio revised classical thinking in order to make it compatible with Christian values.
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Important humanists from outside Florence
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Cardinal Cisneros
Due to his influence, Humanism had a clear Christian character in Castilla
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Erasmus of Rotterdam
He criticised the vices of society, especially those at the heart of the Church.
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Scientific knowledge
Medicine
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Geography
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Astronomy
Ptolemy's geocentric theory claimed that the Earth was the centre of the Universe, and all other celestial bodies orbited around it.
Nicolaus Copernicus's heliocentric theory, claimed that the Earth and all the other planets orbited the Sun
Copernicus's theory was proved by Galileo Galilei using a new invention, the telescope.
Gutenberg’s printing press
Once the types spelled out all the words on a page, the plate was covered and placed in a press.
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