🇪🇺ap european history review

Civic humanism

Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 examWritten by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025

Definition

An intellectual and cultural movement in Italian city-states that applied classical Greek and Roman political ideals to contemporary civic life and governance.

AP course connection

Topic 1.2: 1.2 Italian Renaissance

Unit 1