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The Enlightenment: Renaissance Humanism

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Humanism
Part of the Library of Congress's Vatican exhibit
The Humanist Philosophy
Annenberg Foundation

Lord Michel Eyquem de Montaigne

Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592)
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (IEP)
Michel de Montaigne
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Montaigne, Michel de
Historical Dictionary of Renaissance

Lorenzo Valla

Lorenzo Valla
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Lorenzo Valla Biography
Encyclopedia Britannica
Valla, Lorenzo
Historical Dictionary of Renaissance

Erasmus

Francesco Petrarch, ca 1450

Andrea dal Castagno, Public Domain Image

Francesco Petrarch

Francesco Petrarch - Biography
Biography.com
Francesco Petrarch - Father of Humanism
Petrarch
Historical Dictionary of Renaissance