what were the ways in which italian renaissance humanism transformed ideas about individual's role in society?

Answer 1

At the level of individuals, personal merits and attainments became as important as family lineage in determining social status, as indicated by the large number of illegitimate artists (including Alberti and Leonardo), scholars (e.g., Erasmus), princes, and cardinals who rose to fame and power. Homosexuality was also fairly widely practiced and, to some extent, accepted. Most of the rulers and artists were "self-made" men who lived by their wits. Most of the ruling families of Italian city-states had grabbed power by force and deceit and would later be forcibly overthrown themselves. The warring of these city-states with one another and the need to form defensive alliances helped produce the modern notions of diplomacy and balance of power.

Answer 2

The Renaissance changed the world, at least in the West. Humanism is the term for a philosophy that emphasized the value of the individual, as opposed to the value of a life dedicated to looking to the afterlife, as revealed through the Roman Catholic Church. In the Middle Ages, one's place in society was determined by birth, but the idea that we have free will, and with the re-discovery of Greek and Roman culture, the power of the individual human to think and act on their own, beyond prayer and devotion to duty and loyalty to you position in society, began to allow for a rebirth, first in art and then in philosophy.

Answer 3

The italian renaissance birthed individualism, though that was pretty much it. It sounds like you want answers for something project related so i am not going to give you any specific answers. The italian recaissance was more about art than the individual, though. The northern renaissance had more individualism, though I will mention Desiderious Erasmus because he is my hero.

Answer 4

I am not sure what Renaissance humanism is, but what I can tell you is that I believe it is an inherent consequence that, when one looks at the accomplishments of the human past and the new understandings that science gives, being that both a rediscovery of the past and advances in science and reason were part of the Renaissance (as far as I know), humanity would see its potential, down to the individual, as being much greater, and not as destined by the whim of deities. Science is not a god to us, and we know what we have done, so what stops us from doing greater things?