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The 167 pages that link to Renaissance humanism, each with the reason it gives.

• Grand TourNarrower topic: Its revival of classical literature helped establish the ideals travelers sought in Italy.

• Francis BaconNarrower topic: Its emphasis on learning and civic life shaped Bacon’s literary and political ambitions.

• Thomas MoreNarrower topic: Humanist scholarship informed More’s writing, friendships, and approach to religious texts.

• Niccolò MachiavelliNarrower topic: Machiavelli adapted classical history and literary methods to the politics of his own time.

• Filippo BrunelleschiNarrower topic: Brunelleschi’s recovery of classical forms reflects humanist interests in antiquity and rational inquiry.

• Albrecht DürerNarrower topic: Humanist interests shaped Dürer’s engagement with classical art and learned theory.

• John MiltonNarrower topic: Milton’s classical learning and education reflect humanist ideals.

• ErasmusNarrower topic: Its recovery of classical texts shaped Erasmus’s education and scholarly methods.

• Northern RenaissanceNarrower topic: Its methods shaped northern education, scholarship, and literary culture.

• Classical philologyNarrower topic: Its recovery of Greek and Latin texts helped establish the scholarly tradition behind classical philology.

• DonatelloNarrower topic: Its attention to antiquity and human individuality resonates with Donatello’s sculptural choices.

• Secular humanismNarrower topic: It is a historical predecessor, though not itself the modern nonreligious worldview.

• Lorenzo de' Medici (1449–1492)Narrower topic: Lorenzo's court supported scholars who adapted classical learning for contemporary Florentine life.

• Florentine CamerataNarrower topic: The Camerata’s effort to recover Greek musical practice grew from humanist engagement with antiquity.

• Republic of LettersNarrower topic: Humanist networks supplied early models of scholarly exchange across political boundaries.

• The Birth of VenusNarrower topic: Its recovery of ancient culture made mythological subjects newly compelling.

• LucretiusNarrower topic: Humanist manuscript hunting helped restore Lucretius’s work to European intellectual life.

• Michel de MontaigneNarrower topic: Montaigne’s education and writing belong to the humanist revival of ancient authors.

• Andrea MantegnaNarrower topic: Mantegna’s interest in Roman history and antiquities grew from humanist culture.

• Civic RepublicanismNarrower topic: Its recovery of classical texts helped renew republican political thought.

• French Renaissance literatureNarrower topic: Its educational ideals supplied writers with methods and subjects for literary renewal.

• Leon Battista AlbertiNarrower topic: Its classical scholarship shaped Alberti’s education and his ideal of the learned artist.

• Florentine paintingNarrower topic: Its attention to human agency and classical culture informed Florentine subjects and ideals of representation.

• Pope Pius IINarrower topic: Classical learning informed Piccolomini's writing, diplomacy, and public image.

• Philipp MelanchthonNarrower topic: Its emphasis on languages and textual study shaped Melanchthon’s scholarship and teaching.

• Baldassare CastiglioneNarrower topic: Castiglione’s ideal courtier combines classical learning with practical service to a ruler.

• François RabelaisNarrower topic: Its educational ideals and classical texts inform Rabelais’s satire and encyclopedic style.

• Giambattista VicoNarrower topic: Vico’s attention to rhetoric and classical texts continues this humanist tradition.

• Joseph Justus ScaligerNarrower topic: Scaliger’s scholarship extended humanist methods into chronology and textual criticism.

• Justus LipsiusNarrower topic: Its methods shaped Lipsius’s study and presentation of ancient Stoic writings.

• Antonio de NebrijaNarrower topic: Its return to classical scholarship shaped Nebrija’s methods and educational aims.

• ClassicsNarrower topic: Its recovery of Greek and Latin learning helped establish classical texts as educational foundations.

• Giovanni Pico della MirandolaNarrower topic: Its classical scholarship shaped Pico’s educational ideals and his defense of human potential.

• Michael ServetusNarrower topic: Humanist methods shaped Servetus’s close reading of scripture and early Christian texts.

• Spanish RenaissanceNarrower topic: Its wider European ideals informed scholarship and artistic choices in Spain.

• University of AlcaláNarrower topic: Cisneros shaped the university around humanist scholarship, especially the study of biblical languages.

• Vatican LibraryNarrower topic: Humanist scholarship helped shape the Library’s early collecting and scholarly purpose.

• Isaac CasaubonNarrower topic: Casaubon’s scholarship belonged to the humanist tradition of restoring and interpreting classical works.

• UtopiaNarrower topic: More uses classical learning and humanist dialogue to scrutinize contemporary institutions.

• Vincenzo GalileiNarrower topic: Galilei’s criticism emerged from humanist efforts to reassess ancient authorities.

• Gargantua and PantagruelNarrower topic: Its debates about education and human potential inform the novels’ ideals and parodies.

• Parallel LivesNarrower topic: The Lives supplied classical examples for Renaissance debates about virtue and political leadership.

• Philip SidneyNarrower topic: Classical learning shaped Sidney’s education and his account of poetry’s moral purpose.

• The Art of WarNarrower topic: The dialogue applies classical military history to the political problems of Renaissance Italy.

• Melencolia INarrower topic: The print reflects humanist interest in the reach and limits of human knowledge.

• Neo-LatinNarrower topic: Humanists made classical Latin the model for renewed writing and education.

• Sofonisba AnguissolaNarrower topic: Her education and self-presentation drew on humanist ideals of cultivated skill.

• The Creation of AdamNarrower topic: The fresco gives extraordinary scale and dignity to the human body.

• Carolus ClusiusNarrower topic: Clusius’s botanical scholarship combined classical sources with direct observation, a characteristic humanist approach.

• In Praise of FollyNarrower topic: The essay uses humanist learning to examine contemporary institutions and conduct.