Despite this perplexity, the term is still important in depicting particular styles and inspirations in writing and human expressions from the medieval times to the eighteenth century. The medieval times accomplished two imperative restorations of the writing of days of yor that were roused by and served to advance traditional style. ... The works of Plato were particularly compelling, and a ring of Neoplatonic researchers headed by Marsilio Ficino (1433 "1499) looked to circuit Christian thought with Platonic philosophy. ... While formality had assumed a little part in medieval college...

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The English period of Renaissance led to the breaking of the medieval knowledge and philosophy, infusing a new spirit of freedom, introducing a note of patriotism and national glorification, and also accompanying a revolt against the authority of the Pope. ... 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. ... This was accomplished through the study of the studia humanitatis, today known as the humanities: grammar, rhetoric, history, poetry and moral...

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