The change of rhetoric during the Renaissance period, between the 14th and 17th centuries, was due to many changes going on in Europe.
Education, religion, and other ideas were changing. There came to be more independent thought. Therefore, people were beginning to challenge the norms that had dictated there's and the lives of their ancestors for long in the past.
Humanism, "generally regarded as the first great intellectual movement of the Renaissance, and to many contemporary scholars, sets the tone for the whole period" (RT 556). Petrarch, the man acclaimed for starting humanism, began to interpret classical customs in a new way. Humanism made it's way all over Europe in a short time.
Peter Ramus
Honestly, this guy bugs me. He wrote a few controversial books bashing the ideas of classical thinkers. Who does he think he is? I don't know, I just thought he was pretty arrogant.
Yeah the guy is kinda of a prick. He reminds of that song by outkast where hes talking about the girl who thinks her shit doesnt stink just like this douchebag. As for the change I think your right cause they were finally getting bored of burning people they thought were witches so they had more time to actually do something with their lives.
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