The Renaissance The Renaissance was a period of European history, considered by modern scholars as that between 1300 and 1600. Many dramatic changes happend during the Renaissance. ... The Renaissance was started by many rich Italian cities, such as Florence, Ferrara, Milan ,and Venice. ... Also many books were published in languages other than Latin, such as English, Portugeese, Spanish, French, and Italian. ... The Renaissance produced many great minds. ...

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 The Baroque style was popular in Germany, Italy, and France from 1600 to around 1750. ... It developed from the Renaissance styles of France and Italy, making its first appearance in Rome around 1600. ... At first the architects came from Italy, but soon native architects came to dominate the field. ... In literature the Baroque style is characterized by extravagance in imagination, and extensive use of metaphor, with the Italian, Torquato Tasso being a name still known today. ... The Baroque had a big impact on painting in Italy, the Low Countries, France, England, and Spai...

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The Renaissance, which began in Italy in 1300s, was one of the largest periods of growth and development in Western Europe. ... The Crusades which took place before the period of the Renaissance are a major factor in the coming about or "birth" of the Renaissance. ... The word Renaissance means a "rebirth". ... With these new perspectives came a new age of art within the Renaissance. ... The Split of the Church and the eight Crusades to recapture Jerusalem are two of the many reasons for the "birth" of the Renaissance, yet both are important to the birth of the Renaissance. ...

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"Inasmuch as Luther's revolt from Rome and the spread of Protestantism occurred after the height of the civilization of the Renaissance and before some particularly fundamental advances in modern European political, economic, and social development, it is tempting to think of historical events unfolding in an inevitably cumulative way, from the Renaissance to the Reformation to the "Triumph of the Modern World." ... Although scholars continue to disagree on points of detail, most agree that the Protestant Reformation drew relatively little from the civilization of the Renaissance, ...

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This humanism movement started during Renaissance period and it was based upon the study of classics, or the literary works of ancient Greece and Rome that emphasizes the dignity and worth of the individual. ... This Renaissance humanism spread and in northern Europe a new type of humanism emerged; it is called Christian humanism. ... The popes, who were supposed to be the spiritual leaders of the Catholic Church, were too often more concerned with Italian politics and worldly interests as leaders of the Papal States; they failed to meet the church's spiritua...

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The Church held its power throughout the Renaissance but with great power comes great responsibility and some fell victim to greed. ... (Spark - Italian Renaissance 1). ... The art that was produced during the Renaissance did not challenge the Christian faith so it was embraced. But, the higher Renaissance gave rise to new inquiries in reference to the physical world. ... During the Renaissance there was a tremendous focus on the beauty of nature and this led curiosity of how nature works. ...

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The popes received large revenue sums from their extensive property holdings in Italy. ... By the end of the Middle Ages and beginning of the Renaissance in Europe there was a new branch of Christianity called Protestantism. ...

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