It is important to note that although Italy had become independent, the Church still remained powerful and religion continued to be a governing factor. ... His imitation of Virgil's Aeneid shows the degree to which he relied on Classical literature as a source and guide. ... Literary historian Eugenio Donadoni states that Petrarch was "a precursor of the humanists of the fifteenth century for whom the literature of antiquity was a cult" (Donadoni, 97). ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Alighieri opted to write Inferno as vernacular literature in order to address and apply its message of conflicting moralities to a wider audience, of and from medieval Italy, and to the world today. ... " The philosophy of Aristotle influenced Albert the Great and Thomas Aquinas, two of Dante's favorite Christian thinkers, whom, Raffa notes, "strove to validate the role of reason and to sharpen its relationship to faith....

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As a result, more and more literature was printed devoted to the subject of the nature of the individual, and to not conforming to the traditional ways that were followed during the middle ages. ... Under the tutalage of Ponocrates, the young giant "did not waste an hour of the day, but spent his entire time on literature and sound learning" (Cohen, p. 87). ... Rabelais notes, "And notice here that Gargantua's dinner was sober and frugal, for he only ate enough to ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Between the time periods of the Medieval era and the Renaissance, one can note numerous significant changes, mainly those pertaining to religion and art, and specifically, drama. ... The ultimate changing theme as is evident in the dramatic literature during the progression from the Medieval to Renaissance eras was that of religious-based ideals to ideals that were humanistic and questioning in nature. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Some examples of medieval literature that contain miracles which serve this purpose are Saint Augustine's Confessions, MacMullen's Christianity and Paganism in the Fourth to Eighth Centuries, HillGarth's Christianity and Paganism, 350-750, Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People, Gregory of Tours" History of the Franks, and in the works of Saint Boniface. ... While these plants may have contained healing power, MacMullen takes note of the fact that many of the plants taken from around saint's relics were already known for their value as healing agents. ...

• Word Count: 1449
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• Grade Level: High School

Some examples of medieval literature that contain miracles which serve this purpose are Saint Augustine's Confessions, MacMullen's Christianity and Paganism in the Fourth to Eighth Centuries, HillGarth's Christianity and Paganism, 350-750, Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People, Gregory of Tours" History of the Franks, and in the works of Saint Boniface. ... While these plants may have contained healing power, MacMullen takes note of the fact that many of the plants taken from around saint's relics were already known for their value as healing agents. ...

• Word Count: 1448
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School