After reading “Italy”! A short History, chapter four from page 96 to 119, answer the following questions:
- Give a definition of the words “Humanism and Humanist”.
- Explain the reasons why the scholarship was a monopoly of the church during the Middle Ages.Who were the two most important scholars of the first part of the Renaissance?
- Who administered Florence during the last part of the 14thcentury and what were his responsibilities?
- What is the main cultural aspect of Leonardo Bruni and what was his political line?
- Why was the knowledge of Greek literature and philosophy largely accepted during the Renaissance?
- Emmanuel Chrysoloras was one of the first Greek scholars to come to Italy. What were the reasons why the Greek scholars came to Italy?
- Why is the “Donation of Constatine” considered a forgery by Lorenzo Valla? How did he arrive at that conclusion?
- Pico della Mirandola in his “Oration” achieves the highest point in humanist philosophy. Explain why?