His own educational vision was deeply influenced by Renaissance humanism. By the time of his death, the Jesuits were directing 33 colleges and universities. Today there are 112 Jesuit institutions of ...

Written in the mid-fifteenth century, Pope Pius II’s Commentaries are the only known autobiography of a reigning pontiff and a fundamental text in the history of Renaissance humanism.

The President of the Pontifical Academy for Life Each speaks to Vatican News about the ethical and anthropological challenges posed by Artificial Intelligence and call calls for the awakening of ...

Something The Mona Lisa, David, and The School of Athens all have in common is they represent a way of thinking that was shaping and being shaped by the visual arts of that period. From the 14th ...

Humanists reject the idea or belief in a supernatural being such as God. This means that Humanists class themselves as agnostic or atheist. Humanists have no belief in an afterlife, and so they ...

Emeritus Professor Mousley’s main areas of academic interest are in literary theory, humanism and posthumanism, Renaissance literature, Shakespeare, and autobiography. He is the author of Literature ...

However, one similarity remained steadfast – like the Italian Renaissance, a great many artists and thinkers across Northern Europe put humanist thought at the center of their endeavors.