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HUMANISM AND KNOWLEDGE 
HUMANISM
Humanism was a cultural movement that began in the 14th century and developed in the 15th and 16th century.
Humanists developed an anthropocentric world view as the alternative to the teocentrism (God-centred) world view of medieval Christians.
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NORTH ITALIA IN THE MID-15th CENTURY
Humanist artists and thinkers were supported by patrons. Patrons were typically governors or rich families. In some cities, humanists created academies to teach their ideas and develop new ones. Most well-known academy was in Florence.
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HUMANISM IN EUROPE
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PRINTING PRESS
Around 1440, Johannes Gutenberg invented the movable-type printing press.
PRINTING PRESS AND UNIVERSITIES IN THE 15th CENTURY
SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE
During the Renaissance, thinkers revived the scientific method used in the Ancient Greece and Rome. The aim was to find a well-reasoned explanation for natural fenomena.
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.
In the 17th century, Tuscan physicist Galileo Galilei proved Copernicus’ theory using a new invention, the telescope.
Heliocentric theory
Geocentric theory