Renaissance+Influence+on+Intellectual+and+Cultural+Traditions.

To what extent and in what ways may the Renaissance be regarded as a turning point in the Western intellectual and cultural traditions?   -greek/roman texts (antiquity)  -Da Vinci  -education (upperclass)  -poetry, math, astronomy, music  -Machiavelli (The Prince)  -Renaissance Hermeticism  -return of Latin Paragraph 2: turning point -increased education -ability to create and spread ideas -increased politics -more writing   || Paragraph 1: foundation of cultural movement  -upper class desire education for hierarchy  -view of self importance  -learning to better one’s self  -Book of Courtiers (Castiglione)  - "civic humanism" <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Paragraph 2: turning point <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> -increased education <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> -expansion of society from Florence <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> -liberal arts in education=more cultural and literary based society <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> -Concerning Character-Vergerio <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> -modern diplomacy: ambassadors || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Renaissance provided both intellectual and cultural changes that were a turning point in Western civilization in the
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Intellectual **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">  ||  **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Cultural **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">   ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Paragraph 1: foundation of intellectual movement