Even in other chapters of the book, Manchester cites many examples, such as the corrupted church, another main point of his book, apathy among citizens, said to be the main cause of Rome's fall, and also the decline of knighthood and manners. ... He emphasizes how new ideas were always contested by the ones in supreme authority the Catholic Church in Rome. ...
Although the Renaissance was a relatively short time period, it generated change in many ways. The Renaissance began around the year 1400, at the end of the Middle Ages, which lasted from the fall of Rome in 500 to about 1350, and ended around 1700. The Middle Ages gave rise to various agricultural ...
The fall of Constantinople in 1453 by the Turks caused a migration wave of Byzantine scholars into western Europe. ... carefully studied and drew inspiration from the ruins of Rome surrounding Italy, gaining a variety of new perspectives and ideas such as the use of symmetry in architecture or town planning. ...
