... scientific movement of the 14th to the 16th centuries without which the Renaissance would never have evolved. Humanism is a rediscovery and reevaluation (analysis) of classical civilization and the application of the aspects of this civilization to intellectual and social culture in the current time. It is ... . Because he was forcedto leave his proud homeland, Petrarch always considered himself to be a man without a country. Although he assimilated the French culture and language, he would never forget his roots. This, later in life, would dominate his writing in which his sonnets, writt...

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