The Renaissance Myth - By James Franklin

AI reading of The Renaissance Myth - By James Franklin. In this essay, James Franklin challenges the familiar story of the Renaissance as a sudden rebirth of reason and progress, arguing instead that many of its celebrated claims rest on persistent historical myths. He contends that intellectual life in science, philosophy, and literature was often stronger in the High Middle Ages than in the Renaissance, and that the later period’s reputation owes more to self-promotion, art, and hindsight than to genuine advances in thought.https://web.maths.unsw.edu.au/~jim/renaissance.html Get full access to Askwho Casts AI at askwhocastsai.substack.com/subscribe