The scholars who devoted themselves to the study of ancient Roman texts in Latin and ancient Greek texts were the humanists. The father of Humanism was Petrarch who advocated the study of Latin literature and rhetoric. He lived in the 14th century, before the beginning of the Renaissance.
Originally the humanists only studied Roman texts as no one could read Greek and knowledge of Greek works had been lost. The learning of ancient Greek and ancient Greek texts followed the fall of Constantinople in 1453. Many Greek scholars went to Italy, taught Greek and the study of Greek texts. The main effect of this was the revival of ancient Greek philosophy.
Lorenzo de' Medici devoted himself to studying the subjects taught in ancient Roman and Greek schools. He lived from 1449 to 1492.
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Renaissance scholars investigated the civilizations around the northern Mediterranean, especially the Greeks and the Romans.
Initially it was mainly the Alexandrian scholars, then during the Dark Ages, mainly the Muslim scholars.
Scholars, farmers, workers and businessmen, with scholars enjoying the highest social status and the businessmen the lowest.
Most of the ancient writings are found in the middle east, Africa and Asia.
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To study the classics, renaissance scholars learned to read Greek and ancient Latin. They sought out manuscripts that had lain undisturbed for nearly 2,000 years.
Religion, poetry, philosophy, astronomy (there was no difference between astrology and astronomy to the people of the Renaissance) science, mathematics. They were very interested in studying the Ancient Greeks: Plato, Aristotle, Socrates. All renaissance scholars had to know Greek and Latin.
Scholars had a rediscovery of the ancient classical works of the Greeks and Romans.
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Renaissance scholars who studied classical texts included figures like Petrarch, Lorenzo Valla, and Marsilio Ficino. These scholars were interested in reviving classical knowledge from ancient Greece and Rome to spark a cultural and intellectual rebirth in Europe during the Renaissance period.
Islam's attitude towards the discoveries of ancient scholars was to say they ultimately led to Allah, which sparked the Renaissance by teaching the thinkers how they could present new ideas without angering the Church.
Renaissance scholars investigated the civilizations around the northern Mediterranean, especially the Greeks and the Romans.
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The Medici family of Florence was very interested in classical studies (Greek and Roman), and the Medici family, bankers, comissioned many famous pieces of Renaissance art, including Brunelleschi, who invented linear perspective, and Donatello, and many other great Renaissance artists like Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo... etc THE ANSWER TO THE CROSSWORD IS DE MEDICI
The cultures of Rome and Greece.
The cultures of Rome and Greece.