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education throughout Euro. history- 2nd period Alaina, Gabby, Maria

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Behaviors of literacy at the beginning of the 20th century   show
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show -more periodlicles, books, libraries, etc because writers had a bogger audience -number of freethinking intellectuals increased because more of the public could read ideas shared by writers -books and journals catered to the marginally literate  
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show governments start building elementary schools in Britain under Gladstone's Education Act of 1870 - both liberals and conservatives deam education necessary - teacher profession created for women  
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show used midcentury cult of science to comfront readers with harsh reality of life- portrayed humans as subject to passions and materialism- saw society as a perpetual evil  
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show realist writer- "Madame Bovary" 1857 is story of dull provincial life and a woman's search for love - reguarded as first genuinely realistic novel bc it didnt include heroism, purpose, or civility  
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show realist writer - wrote 20 novels with unusual themes like alcoholism, prostitution, adultry and labor strife- took leading role in defense of Captain Dreyfus from Dreyfus Affair  
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show carried realism into dramatic perception of domestic life - wrote plays: "A Doll's House" "Ghost" and "The Master Builder"  
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George Bernard Shaw   show
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show Friedrich Nietzsche= german philosopher who questioned reason - opposed only actiong rationally and advocated living human life to full extent - criticized democracy and christianity  
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show began psycoanalysis - examined various types of human behavior like decision making, dreams, and the roots of personality traits from childhood through adulthood - made revolutionary discoveries and theories of human behavior  
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studia humanitatis   show
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Humanism   show
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show written by Roman orator Quintilian - uncovered in 1416 - used as the basic classical guide for the humanist revision of the traditional cirriculum  
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show informal gathering of influential Florentine Humanists devoted to the revival of the works of Plato and Neoplatonists  
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Printing press   show
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Modern Devotion   show
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Nicolaus Copernicus   show
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show invented 8 lens-powered telescope which he used to make his own astronomical discoveries - popularized the Copernican system - wrote "Dialogue of the Two Cheif World Systems" defending Copernicus and put on trial during the inquisition  
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Francis Bacon   show
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show invented analytic geometry - developed a scientific method that relied more on deductive reasoning than emperical observation - attacked scholatic philosophy and education and advocated mathematical model  
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show a culture in which books, journals, and pamphlets achieved a higher status - 1700s volumes of printed material increased throughout euro. due to increase in literacy  
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1st Encyclopedia   show
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show inforced in Britain by William Gladstone during his reign as prime minister - first time in British history that gov't took responsibility for establishing and running elementary schools  
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