HUMANISM AND KNOWLEDGE
Humanism
was a cultural movement
it developed in 15th and 16th centuries
had a flourishing economiy and rich artistic heritage
began in the 14th century
in rich city-states of the north part of Italian peninsula
the northern part of Italian peninsula in the mid 15th century
humans inteligence became the main concerns of the humanists
the main characteristics are:
developed an anthropocentric world view
ANTHROPOCENTRISMTHE
REVIVAL OF ANTIQUITY
THE LOVE OF KNOWLEDGE
The spread of knowledge
Scientific knowledge
Printing presses and universities in the 15th century
humanist artists and thinkers were supported by patrons
cultural and artistic activities
thanks to that they took wealth and power
patrons were governors and ritch families, typically
theire courts and palace were the epicentres of humanism
humanists created academies to teach their ideas and develop new ones
the most know academy was in Florence
by the Medici family which governed the city at that time
important humanists from outside Florence
SIR THOMAS MORE
CARDINAL CISNEROS
ERASMUS OF ROTTERDAM
humanism in europe
humanist ideas and knowledge
spread more rapidly in the Modern Age
knowledge was spread through books written by hand
written by clergymen in monasteries
the printing press
books were produced more easily
ideas spread more quickly
in 1440 was invent the movable-type printing press
by Johannes Gutenberg
improved literacy and intellectual life
was no restricted to monasteries and universities
work as follow
find a well-reasoned explanation
many of the advances were not popular with some societies
scientific method used in Ancient Greece and Rome
Religious leaders and even some politicians
thinkers and academics
ASTRONOMY
MEDICINE
heliocentric theory contradicted the geocentric theory
16th century developed the heliocentric theory
17th century Galileo Galilei proved Copernicus’ theory
heliocentric theory
geocentric theory
by Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus
Earth and all the other planets orbited the Sun
developed in the 2nd century by Ptolemy
the Earth was the immobile centre of the Universe
other celestial bodies orbited around it
using the invation of the telescope
Galileo was condemned by the Church
accept the empirical evidence he provided
interested in understanding the world
the natural processes that occurred in it
the study of nature
based on observation and experimentation
for natural phenomena and provide empirical evidence
were opposed to those advances
devoted to the teachings of the Bible or classical antiquity
17th century the microscope was invented
was widespread opposition to clinical trials
treaty of anatomy by Vesalius
theory of pulmonary circulation of blood
development of pharmacology
by Miguel Servet
by Paracelsus
GEOGRAPHY
Earth was spherical
modern cartography began
the world map drawn by Gerardus Mercator
in 1569
Straight lines called
meridians
parallels