The Italian And Northern Renaissance

The Italian And Northern Renaissance — page 3
Introduction the modern period of history is often considered to have begun with the Renaissance one of the rare periods of genius in the world’s history It immediately followed the period in Europe known as the Middle Ages The Renaissance began in Italy during the late 13th and early 14th centuries and reached its height in the 15th In the 16th and 17th centuries it spread to the rest of Europe The word renaissance means rebirth It refers to the rediscovery by scholars primarily grouped under the heading of humanists of the cultural cultural heritage of the ancient Greeks and Romans In fact however the Renaissance was a period of discovery in many fields of new scientific laws new forms of art and literature new religious and political ideas and new lands including America The term Middle Ages was coined by scholars in the 15th century 8