Renaissance

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Renaissance is a term used to describe a revival in interlectual or artistic effort.

In History, this term is used to describe a period in European History between the fourteenth and sixteenth centuries.

Accuracy of Term "Renaissance"

Rise of Humanism

In Italy

Northern Humanism

Developments in Art

Daily Life

The Peasantry

The Town Dwellers

Nobility

The Clergy

Historical Events in this Period

Black Death

Hundred Years' War

Turkish Influence

Country Specific History

Italy

Papal States

Florence

Venice

Naples and Sicily

Milan

France

Holy Roman Empire

England

Iberia (Spain) & Portugal

The Papacy

Discovery of the New World

Technology & Science

The Development of the Printing Press

Cosmology

People

References

Notes and Links

Further Reading

External Links