Part 108 (2/2)

17. Did the medieval interest in astrology r.e.t.a.r.d or further astronomical research?

18. How did the discoveries of Galileo and Kepler confirm the Copernican theory?

19. What is meant by the ”emanc.i.p.ation of the peasantry”?

FOOTNOTES

[1] Webster, _Readings in Medieval and Modern History_, chapter xix, ”A Scholar of the Renaissance”; chapter xx, ”Renaissance Artists.”

[2] See page 545.

[3] See page 413.

[4] See page 604.

[5] Latin _humanitas,_ from _h.o.m.o_, ”man.”

[6] See page 560.

[7] A Latin word meaning ”cradle” or ”birthplace,” and so the beginning of anything.

[8] See page 574.

[9] See the plate facing page 591.

[10] See the ill.u.s.tration, page 202.

[11] For instance, the Invalides in Paris, St. Paul's in London, and the Capitol at Was.h.i.+ngton.

[12] In this chapel the election of a new pope takes place.

[13] See page 336.

[14] The so-called _Complutensian Polyglott_, issued at Alcala in Spain by Cardinal Jimenes, did even more for the advance of Biblical scholars.h.i.+p.

This was the first printed text of the Greek New Testament, but it was not actually published till 1522 A.D., six years after the appearance of the edition by Erasmus.

[15] A list of the great European painters would include at least the following names: Durer (1471-1582 A.D.) and Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543 A.D.) in Germany; Rubens (1577-1640 A.D.) and Van Dyck (1599- 1641 A.D.) in Flanders; Rembrandt (1606-1669 A.D.) in Holland; Claude Lorraine (1600-1682 A.D.) in France; and Velasquez (1599-1660 A.D.) and Murillo (1617-1682 A.D.) in Spain.

[16] See the ill.u.s.tration, page 442.

[17] The three-hundredth anniversary of Shakespeare's death was appropriately observed in 1916 A.D. throughout the world.

[18] See page 572.

[19] See page 133.

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