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Humanism and knowledge
Humanism was a cultural movement that began in the 14th century. It developed fully in the 15th and 16th centuries, in the rich city-states of the northern part of the Italian Peninsula
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Other important humanists from outside Florence were: Erasmus of rotterdam, Sir Thomas More and Csrdinal Cisneros
SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE
MEDICINE 
In the 17th century, the microscope was invented, leading to advances in clinical and medical research.
GEOGRAPHY
During this period, it was established that the Earth was spherical.
Astronomy
In the 16th century, Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus developed the heliocentric theory
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set up the University of Alcalá de Henares as a centre of theology, a study revived by the humanists.
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