Humanists

Here are some generalizations to the people in this year's Super Quiz. Simplifying like this isn't fool proof but it'll pull you through some of the tests.

Petrarch- first Italian Humanist
Coluccio Salutati- first civic humanist (Florence)
Cicero- orator; example of what a humanist should be
Lorenzo Valla- critical eye; Donation of Constantine; debate over God
Poggio Bracciolini- Council of Constance
Giovanni Aurispia- manuscript recovery
Guarino Veronese or da Verona- humanist teacher; curriculum
Vittorino da Feltre- humanist teacher; curriculum
Leonardo Bruni- civic humanist; Roman freedom vs. Roman literature
Flavio Biondo- Italian maps
Niccolo Machiavelli- The Prince, it's ok to be cruel; Republics rock; mercenary troops suck
Francesco Guicciardini- historian
Castiglione- The Courtier; ideal man and woman