Columbus, More and Renaissance Thought

Abstract: A 6 page research paper that considers the influence of Columbus and More on Renaissance culture. As a history term, the Renaissance refers, approximately speaking, to a period beginning in the mid-fourteenth to the early sixteenth centuries, during which western Europeans "rediscovered aspects of the Classical past that simulated new ideas about man's place in the universe" (Abulafia, 2008, p. 37). These new ideas ignited an avalanche of change in every aspect of European society. Both Christopher Columbus and Sir Thomas More were part of this change and this discussion explores how their lives and writing influenced the perpetuation of new ideas and the spirit of the Renaissance. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

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Subcatagory: European History

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