b. Humanism Many Renaissance scholars were inspired by the c________, the works of the ancient Greeks and Romans. Roman e________ and Christian priests kept order in Europe for more than a millennium, but the scholars found a spirit in the ancient texts that valued i________. People who studied the classics were known as h________. Humanists recreated ancient Greek and Roman styles in art, l________, and architecture. Humanists believed they could understand people and the world better through an u________ of the classics. The humanists emphasized the importance of s________, or non-religious values, which often put them at odds with the c________.