The ingenious cultural impacts of Michelangelo during the Renaissance are still principal to Italian as well as Western culture today. ... Not to cast a shadow on the great artists and writers of the Renaissance, however, while culture is an essential part of society, it is constantly changing. ...
The movement spread across Europe and supporters of it faced violent persecution in areas such as France and the Italian Kingdoms, which were strictly Catholic. ... The Papacy controlled so much wealth during the Renaissance that popes were "held up as heroes of art and splendor, and as the very model and definition of corruption.... Under the light of the Renaissance, the Protestant Reformation started a series of movements that will later on define modern Europe: the Scientific Revolution, the Age of Enlightenment, the Industrial Revolution Modern Europe, and even the modern world, woul...
In the first half of the 16th century, Western Europe experienced a wide range of social, artistic and geographically political changes that created conflict within the Holy Roman Empire. This conflict is called the Protestant Reformation, a religious and political movement that gave birth to Prote...
