Revival of Learning

American  

[ri-vahy-vuhl uhv lur-ning] / rɪˈvaɪ vəl əv ˈlɜr nɪŋ /

noun

1. the Renaissance in its relation to learning, especially in literature Revival of Literature or Revival of Letters.

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Etymology

Origin of Revival of Learning

First recorded in 1775–85

Example Sentences

Three causes led to the final overthrow of the Shogunate: I. The Revival of Learning.

From The Constitutional Development of Japan 1863-1881 by Iyenaga, Toyokichi

The Revival of Learning a Central Idea of Progress.—As previously stated, the church had taken to itself by force of circumstances the power in the Western world relinquished by the fallen Roman Empire.

From History of Human Society by Blackmar, Frank W. (Frank Wilson)

Revival of Learning, pp. 118-120, for the intellectual supremacy of Florence.

From Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts by Symonds, John Addington

The scholars of these times are the natural precursors of the earliest representatives of the Revival of Learning in the West.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" by Various

Corpus is emphatically, before all other colleges in Oxford, the college of the Revival of Learning; its very foundation marked the change from the old order of things to the new.

From The Charm of Oxford by Wells, J. (Joseph)