Some of Renaissance people- extreme individualism- thought maybe they knew everything.
Michelangelo- sculptor, etc
Leonardo da Vinci
Donatello- Italian sculptor
Had confidence, persistence- today identified with their great works. Developing to full capabilities. Be the “universal man.” — Be all you can be…
Humanism was another characteristic. The revival of it was a revival of classical learning. Fundamental changes in [...]
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Renaissance Continued, December 3
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Middle Ages
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Decline of the Middle Ages- Secular world thinks it was a good thing.
One limiting factor of monarchs was that they were not geographically contiguous states. Variety of customs, local laws, languages, institutions etc. There is a parallel in modern times- like the splintered Soviet Union (which was made of around 100 different ethnic groups). The [...]
Middle Ages, November 21
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Middle Ages
The foundations of New Towns
A. Background
B. The Economy Begins to Sputter
C.The creation or re-creation of Towns
d. How
The feudal lords didn’t really know what to do with merchants, sometimes they acted as bandits by plundering them, or collecting tolls from river crossing, extorting cash to protect them (basically they would not attack)- The merchants began [...]
Monasticism and the Byzantine Empire
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End of the Dark Ages: Rise of Monasticism
The Frankish Kingdom- case study. Changes in the art of warfare, prompted by the invention and adaptation of the stirrup. It revolutionizes warfare. The Lords of the manors developed into an aristocracy. upper and lower class- no middle class. Just the nobility could afford. Incompetence of Merivingians. The [...]
Islam Continued, Early Middle Ages
Posted in Notes on November 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
ISLAM
More sects in Islam- esoterics, wahabees.
Esoterics- people with special knowledge or interests Sufis, Pantheists Muslims
Wahebees- Allah is unknowable.
Biblical points of comparison:
Muhammad refers to OT and NT as true, yet the contribute and point to corruption. Monotheistic similarities, but different within in that. Their God is transcendent and unknowable, love and holiness not so much part [...]
