... epicenter: northern Italy. Why? Other places in Europe were busy fighting wars, the Hundred Years" War, in particular. However, Italy had three very important advantages that allowed the Renaissance to initiate: growth of urban centers, merchants, and a classical heritage. The spread of the artistic ideas was caused primarily by the physical movement of artists themselves. An invasion of 1494 by a French king to overtake Italy caused artists and writers to ... medical manuals. There was a definite rise in literacy. Vernacular in literary works also increased accessibility, for the commo...

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... concided with the beginning of what is known as the Modern age in Europe. In the middle ages, people had looked to the Chruch as the source of all knowledge to guide and direct them. During the Reniassance, the church still playes and important part in people's lives, but scholars and intellectuals also looked back at the lives and teachings of the Ancient Greeks and Romans. The study of their writings and works of art was ... , the fresh ideas of the renaissance also found expression. One of the most famous figures in the development of opera towards the end of the sixteenth century was...

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... a revolt had begun. Christianity had been divided into two groups since the 13th century, Latin Catholic and Greek Orthodox Churches. By the end of the Middle Ages and beginning of the Renaissance in Europe there was a new branch of Christianity called Protestantism. The Protestants were part of a movement that wanted reformations in the Catholic church. By the 1600's they were made up of several churches led by reformers like Martin Luther and John Wiclif ... . Some of these churches included Baptists, Episcopalians and Lutherans, Presbyterians. By 1600 most ... ...

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... and became less popular. Soon after that, the Renaissance swept into and changed England dramatically. The Renaissance, which started in France and many other western European nations, was a time of prospering for literature, art, science and learning. At the same time the Renaissance was occurring, a religious revolution was beginning, which was known as the Protestant Reformation. The Protestant Reformation helped to influence and strengthen the Renaissance that was just arising in England. Many ... people became instrumental in bringing about the Protestant Reformation like John Calv...

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... A.D., played a crucial role in challenging the church's authority. The pope identifying the spread of Islam as evil requested all of Europe embark on a "Crusade" to defeat the infidels. As the battles were fought, great treasures were found in the form of books and knowledge. These books were crude translations of old Greek texts, containing information which would eventually produce the waning of Church authority in the future. The Renaissance marked the beginning of intellectual re-birth. Writers such ... D' Tat is supreme especially in terms of the church belligerence. In the middle ...

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... started a re-thinking of man's role within the world (Socrates / Plato ) , people wanted to know what was best for the individual in his indevers through life . Prior to this way of thinking, the individual was submissive to the Church/Monarch. The renaissance was part of the beginning of man's thinking about himself and lead into the root beginning of the Reformation. Europe was the center of the earth for it's people and Florence Italy was the center of the renaissance and Europe was ... sure to be looking at her. The reformation feed off of man's thoughts of Socrates and Plato, two c...

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