Europe had been ravaged by war and death. The people began to feel that there was almost nothing left. Not even their God could save them. When the Italian Renaissance came along, it was like hope and fortune had come back. It gave the Europeans a reason to cherish the world. The Renaissance was the beginning of a new Western intellectual and cultural tradition because this period of time brought Europe out of its slump.
After the fall of Rome, Europe was very bleak. It did not hav