CLEP Western Civ I

Answer: E - Salutati developed an ideology of civic humanism, which was like academic humanism because both schools of thought advocated incorporating classical culture into Medieval life. Specifically, civic humanists wished to incorporate the political values of the Roman Republic into their culture. He thought that the political rights of the individual were vital, just as Humanism advocated that intellectual individualism was paramount. Salutati was the Chancellor of Florence in the Florentine Republic before the Medicis rose to power.