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the poets and playwrights Christopher Marlowe, William Shakespeare and Ben Jonson。s Madonna ? with Christ and St. ? John the Baptist Sculpture and Architecture ? Filippo Brunelleschi 14191426 Foundling Hospital ? Michelangelo ? (14751564) ? David 15011504 Politics ? Niccolo Machiavelli (14691527) ? The Prince ? The exercise of state power without the intervention of the church ? In 1534, English King Henry VIII declared the break with the Pop Education and Ethics ? The nature of man is a divine capacity, but it needs nurture to develop its highest potentialities ? Erasmus: “ men are not born, they are made.” ? Italian Guazzo: “ nature always tendeth to the best, so that of good parents, ought naturally to e good children.” ? The model man: a man, by virture of his moral and intellectual excellencee, to be a good citizen or “governor” Religion ? In 1517, Martin Luther(14831546) tacked a parchment on the door of the collegiate church of Wittenberg, attacking Roman Catholic doctrine of indulgences, thus, pushing the waves of reformation ? As a result of the translation of the Bible into the vernacular language, the reading and study of Bible not only put emphasis on individuals and their religious rights, but also produced inevitable concern for increased literacy. Science and technology ? Printing helped the circulation of classical and reading materials ? Geographical exploration ? Compass, astrolabe, together with the discovery of Latin translation of the astronomical and geographical works of Ptolemy helped better maps and other navigational aids ? Astrological discoveries Summary ? In a age of the Renaissance, theology was losing its control over philosophy, the arts, and political and historical thinking ? Consciousness of individuality is most graphically displayed in lite