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This book chronicles the origins of free thought and skeptical inquiry during the Italian Renaissance through an assessment of influential figures who popularized these ideas. An overview of the social, political, and religious landscape of the era provides historical context, alongside in-depth analyses of the works and ideas of Dante, Petrarca, Boccaccio, Pulci, Machiavelli, and Guicciardini. Tracing the emergence of free thought within various domains, the author highlights how commerce, literature, religious reform, and philosophical inquiry all played vital roles. The book demonstrates how these thinkers challenged dogma, encouraged intellectual freedom, and contributed to the broader intellectual awakening of the Renaissance, underscoring the timeless significance of their ideas in the ongoing pursuit of knowledge and truth.
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John Owen (1616-1683) was an early Puritan advocate of Congregationalism and Reformed theology. Educated at Queen's College, Oxford, he served under the Puritan government of Oliver Cromwell as personal chaplain to Cromwell and later as vice-chancellor of Oxford. A contemporary of John Bunyan, Owen's extensive body of work includes some twenty-eight books on theological and devotional themes. His later years were spent in pastoral ministry where he served as the leading spokesman for the Protestant Nonconformists.
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