Discuss the humanism of the Renaissance. What was its nature? How was it distinctive? Why did it arise? What do virtue and virtu have to do with it? Use specific examples to illustrate your points. How did it relate to the Greeks, Romans, Muslim Synthesis and Southernization? Why do some people think it was not just an “ordinary” Golden Age? (2 PAGES)!!!!!!
Why were the Europeans who explored, conquered and settled in the New World motivated to act as they did? Was each culture different in this? Were there abuses? How did they legitimize them? Could they have been avoided?
