During the Middle Ages, the emphasis in education of the medieval scholastics was on theology and spiritual pursuits, and man was viewed as inherently unworthy as a result of the stain of original sin. ... Indeed, the ideal Renaissance man was cultured and well versed in the classics, humanities, and moral philosophy, as well as skilled with the sword and horse. ... Humanist educators rejected medieval scholasticism, a system of thought in which clerics applied reason to theological and philosophical questions. ... During the Renaissance, the main purpose of educating women was so that they...

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