Define Humanism and its goals as a movement in education
Key Points
The Humanists of the Renaissance created schools to teach their ideas and wrote books all about education.
One of the most profound and important schools was established and created by Vittorino da Feltre in 1423 in Mantua to provide the children of the ruler of Mantua with a Humanist education.
Humanists sought to create a citizenry able to speak and write with eloquence and clarity, thus capable of engaging in the civic life of their communities and persuading others to virtuous and prudent actions.
Humanist schools combined Christianity and classical texts to produce a model of education for all of Europe.