<P> Renaissance humanism is the study of classical antiquity , at first in Italy and then spreading across Western Europe in the 14th , 15th , and 16th centuries . The term Renaissance humanism is contemporary to that period -- Renaissance ( rinascimento , `` rebirth '' ) and `` humanist '' ( whence modern humanism ; also Renaissance humanism to distinguish it from later developments grouped as humanism ) . </P>
<P> Renaissance humanism is the study of classical antiquity , at first in Italy and then spreading across Western Europe in the 14th , 15th , and 16th centuries . The term Renaissance humanism is contemporary to that period -- Renaissance ( rinascimento , `` rebirth '' ) and `` humanist '' ( whence modern humanism ; also Renaissance humanism to distinguish it from later developments grouped as humanism ) . </P>
which was a major source of study for renaissance humanists
which was a major source of study for renaissance humanists
classical antiquity
classical antiquity