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HUMANISM & KNOWLEDGE
HUMANISM
Humanism was a cultural movement that began in the 14th century. It completed its developing in the 15th/16th century in the north of the Italian Peninsula.
The revival of antiquity: The humanist scholars Petrarch and Giovanni Boccaccio studied antiquity. They revised classical thinking in order to make it compatible with Christian values
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The love of knowledge:
Humanists believed that a person’s prestige not only depended on their wealth and power, but also on their education.
Humanists were experts in various fields. Leonardo da Vinci was a painter, but he also studied anatomy, botany and mechanics.
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Anthropocentrism: Humans were at the centre of historical events. Compared to medieval ways of thinking, Humanism was an individualist movement. Humans were considered capable of making decisions using reason and intelligence.
KNOWLEDGE
Humanist ideas and knowledge spread more rapidly in the Modern Age than in the Middle Ages, when knowledge was spread through books written by hand, mostly by clergymen in monasteries
Scientific Knowledge: During the Renaissance, thinkers and academics became interested in understanding the world that surrounded them, and the natural processes that occurred in it. They revived the scientific method used in Ancient Greece and Rome, where the study of nature was based on observation and experimentation
Geography: During this period, it was established that the Earth was spherical. Modern cartography also began. Maps were created based on the world map drawn by Gerardus Mercator, in 1569. Mercator’s map showed all the lands discovered up until that date. Straight lines called parallels and meridians were used to locate any point in the world.
Medicine:
Although there was widespread opposition to clinical trials, the following advances were made:
the treaty of anatomy by Vesalius, who was born in Flanders
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In the 17th century, the microscope was invented, leading to advances in clinical and medical research
Astronomy: In the 16th century, Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus developed the heliocentric theory, which claimed that the Earth and all the other planets orbited the Sun. This theory contradicted the geocentric theory developed by Ptolemy in the 2nd century, which claimed that the Earth was the immobile centre of the Universe, and all other celestial bodies orbited around it
The printing press: Around 1440, Johannes Gutenberg invented the movable-type printing press. Books could be produced more easily and ideas spread more quickly. .
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Heliocentric theory: 
Geocentric theory:
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