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HUMANISM AND KNOWLEDGE, 2da5f81bb9deaecf2cefb90427353ad0_150-a-171872-eps…

- - - - THE REVIVAL OF ANTIQUITY
      - THE LOVE OF KNOWLEDGE
      - ANTHROPOCENTRISM
    - - It was sponsored by the Medici family, which governed the city at the time
    - - SIR THOMAS MORE
        
        He defended the right of the individual conscience against the power of the state
      - CARDINAL CISNEROS
        
        set up the University of Alcalá de Henares as a centre of theology
      - ERASMUS OF ROTTERDAM
        
        He called for reform based on an individual’s freedom of choice.
- - - - ASTRONOMY
        
        Nicolaus Copernicus developed the heliocentric theory, which claimed that the Earth. This theory contradicted the geocentric theory developed by Ptolemy
        
        Galileo Galilei proved Copernicus’ theory using a new invention, the telescope
      - MEDICINE
        
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        the treaty of anatomy by Vesalius, who was born in Flanders
        
        the theory of pulmonary circulation of blood by Miguel Servet
        
        the development of pharmacology by Swiss physician Paracelsus
      - GEOGRAPHY
        
        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.