Download or read book The Reformation and Education (1520-1648) (Classic Reprint) written by Eugene A. Magevney and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-22 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Reformation and Education (1520-1648) Under Nicholas the Renaissance was fully under way, understand ing by the term, of course, not an absolute re-birth of literary and ar tistic sense, for such it was not, butthe creation of a boundless zest and marvelous grace and finish in concept and execution. Taken absolutely, says Guizot, and as implying a Renaissance following upon a decay of science, literature, and art, the ex pression is exaggerated and goes be yond the truth; it is not true that the five centuries which rolled by between the establishment of the Capetians and the accession of Francis I. (987-1515) were a period of intellectual barren ness and decay; the Middle Ages, amidst the anarchy, violence and ca lamities of their social condition, had in philosophy, literature, and art works of their own and a glory of their own which lacked not originality, or brilliancy, or influence over subse quent ages.1 Begun in Italy, the movement was not slow in making it self felt in other countries of Europe. Scholars from Germany, France, Spain, and the Netherlands, from everywhere, in fact, flocked to the banks of the Tiber to become imbued with the principles of that advanced culture which was to affect so largely the educational no less than the so ciological destinies of the world. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.