It developed during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries and was a response to the challenge of medieval scholastic education, emphasizing practical, pre-professional and scientific studies. ... Renaissance humanism, would have as part of its renegotiation in conceptions of morality and knowledge, explicitly influenced the terms that I wish to classify. ... This worldview of life encouraged the education of people on the dangers of immoral actions and the morality plays were written as a result. ... Brown, all morality plays were didactic and "the earlier moralities were concerned primarily ...

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His writings provide definition to humanism, revealing Medieval History as barbaric, in a primitive and brutal sense, but he declares that classical history, on the other hand, should be the basis for life. ... Augustinus says: You are playing on words. ... In political thought, this perspective yielded studies in "realpolitik,"" a very practical, even cynical view of human behavior and a form of politics void of morality that uses reason to justify violence. ...

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Through his use of diverse and comical characters placed within a racy and scatological storyline, Rabelais is able to give the reader a unique glimpse into the intellect and morality of contemporary French society at a time in between eras. ... It was during the eleventh month of Gargamelle's pregnancy that she had eaten too many tainted tripe and gone off to play games and frolic at the Willow-grove. ... The absurdity of the idea that intelligence was inventing an arse wipe clearly represents the authors opinion that knowledge gained in medieval times was rather insignificant and triv...

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• Grade Level: High School