In 1-2 well-developed paragraphs discuss one of the topics listed below. After you have posted your discussion, respond to the Discussion Topic posts of at least one other classmate. Feel free to engage in dialogue with more students if you wish.

Write out a passage from one of the four Renaissance prose writers for this unit, and explain how that passage represents a clear break from the Middle Ages.

What feature of Renaissance idealism or humanism or pragmatism do you find particualrly admirable, something that you'd like to see better incorporated into our culture or education today?

OR, conversely, what feature of Renaissance idealism or humanism or pragmatism do you find outmoded or irrelevant for today's culture or education?