The Renaissance was a rebirth to many things: art, music, literature, even religion. Overall the Renaissance could be seen as a rebirth of human thought, as man once again began to express themselves. ... They say the Renaissance was the beginning of modern culture, which is true. However it was a renaissance, and these new thoughts had to catch up with the past first. ... Voltaire didn't just go after the ideas of the Renaissance, he even managed to undercut the newest wave of unbridled optimism, Romanticism. ...

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From the Renaissance era to modern society, men have acted as though they were superior. ... For an upper class woman in the Renaissance era that means that they are allowed to learn. ... Later in Europe, as changes were beginning to take place, no one thought about the rights of women. ...

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The beginning of this new crime wave created a lot of new crime and was responsible for numerous homicides and other problems. ... Artistic groups such as the members of the Harlem renaissance and The Lost Generation writers also reformed American culture. ...

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