The Renaissance/Early Modern Period is distinguished from other periods in European history almost entirely in intellectual or cultural terms. ... The humanistic movement began during the early Italian Renaissance with the rediscovery of the writings of classical Greeks and Romans, which were not only models of literary style, but considered to be guides to the understanding of life. ...

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As Sayre said, " the Renaissance was an age of intellectual exploration, in which the humanist strove to understand in ever so precise and scientific terms the nature of humanity and its relationship to the natural world" (Sayre 7). ... The Italian Renaissance began as a literary movement, but changed as new discoveries were being made, such as art (A Changing Europe). ...

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