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lead section:

The Renaissance humanism also inspired, in those who followed it, a love of learning and "a true love for books....[where] humanists built book collections and university libraries developed". Humanists believed that the individual encompassed "body, mind, and soul" and learning was very much a part of edifying all aspects of the human. This love of and for learning would lead to a demand in the printed word, which in turn drove the invention of Gutenberg's printing press.

"Definition"

add more sources, not just Kristeller. bring in what Hankins says about the goals of Renaissance humanism.

--> maybe move the Kristeller to the "historiography" section, or pull a better quote from Kristeller altogether.

Origin:

"By the 14th century some of the first humanists were great collectors of antique manuscripts, including Petrarch, Giovanni Boccaccio, Coluccio Salutati, and Poggio Bracciolini. Of the four, Petrarch was dubbed the "Father of Humanism" because of his devotion or loyalty to Greek and Roman scrolls. Many worked for the Catholic Church and were in holy orders, like Petrarch, while others were lawyers and chancellors of Italian cities, and thus had access to book copying workshops, such as Petrarch's disciple Salutati, the Chancellor of Florence."

--> add far more about Petrarch: why he was considered the Father of Humanism (his devotion to Greek and Roman scrolls is Not It)

Paganism and Christianity in the Renaissance:

"Description"

"Widespread View"

"Sixteenth century and beyond"

^these two need to be in a different section. Synthesize this and the last part of the lead section into a "Later Years/Evolution" header.

Historiography

sub-section on "civic humanism": Baron Thesis