studia humanitatis

(noun)

Specifically, a cultural and intellectual movement in 14th-16th century Europe characterised by attention to Classical culture and a promotion of vernacular texts, notably during the Renaissance.

Related Terms

Examples of studia humanitatis in the following topics:

  • Humanism

    • This was to be accomplished through the study of the "studia humanitatis," known today as the humanities: grammar, rhetoric, history, poetry, and moral philosophy.

  • Renaissance Writers

    • It was Bruni who used the phrase studia humanitatis, meaning the study of human endeavors, as distinct from those of theology and metaphysics, which is where the term humanists comes from.