Editing Classics (section)

===Renaissance===
The [[Renaissance]] led to the increasing study of both [[ancient literature]] and [[ancient history]],<ref name="Kristeller78-586"/> as well as a revival of classical styles of [[Renaissance Latin|Latin]].<ref name="Kristeller78-587"/> From the 14th century, first in [[Italy]] and then increasingly across [[Europe]], [[Renaissance Humanism]], an intellectual movement that "advocated the study and imitation of [[classical antiquity]]",<ref name="Kristeller78-586">{{harvnb|Kristeller|1978|p=586}}</ref> developed. Humanism saw a reform in education in Europe, introducing a wider range of Latin authors as well as bringing back the study of Greek language and literature to [[Western Europe]].<ref name="Kristeller78-587">{{harvnb|Kristeller|1978|p=587}}</ref> This reintroduction was initiated by [[Petrarch]] (1304–1374) and [[Boccaccio]] (1313–1375) who commissioned a [[Calabria|Calabrian]] scholar to translate the [[Homeric poems]].<ref>Pade, M. (2007). The Reception of Plutarch's Lives in Fifteenth-Century Italy. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum</ref> This humanist [[Education reform|educational reform]] spread from Italy, in [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] countries as it was adopted by the [[Society of Jesus|Jesuits]], and in countries that became [[Protestantism|Protestant]] such as [[England]], [[Germany]], and the [[Low Countries]], in order to ensure that future [[Clergy|clerics]] were able to study the [[New Testament]] in the original language.<ref name="Kristeller 1978 590">{{harvnb|Kristeller|1978|p=590}}</ref>