... . Prior to this period, bookmaking consisted of copying words and illustrations by hand on to parchment or thin animal skins. The time and labor put into this process caused books to be very expensive and to be few in number. Only a small group of privileged (often wealthy) people were able ... that God would always be present to protect them from Satan. There was a high level of paranoia that Satan was everywhere and that daily life was in fact an individual duel with the Devil. God was not viewed as being the primary guardian of humanity, who would protect Christians from ... Renaiss...

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... pedantry associated with it. They sought to create a citizenry able to speak and write with eloquence and clarity and thus capable of engaging the civic life of their communities and persuading others to virtuous and prudent actions. This was accomplished through the study of the studia humanitatis, today known as the ... magic, that came to revitalize an interest in hermeticism from classical antiquity into the renaissance (Patrick, page 799). The play is a reflection of its time. It combines the characteristics of both the Renaissance and the Humanism philosophies. Together they affirm ...

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