The 15th century is commonly thought of as a time of rebirth and rediscovery. The Renaissance was a time of drastic changes of faith in the Church and religion, to the faith in human thinking and ideas, along the lines of science, logic, and reason. It allowed for a new faith in human nature and o...
The Renaissance was a time of great achievements and cultural change. This "re-birth" marked Europe's transition between the medieval times to modern Europe. According to The Renaissance, the Italian Renaissance began with the merchant class, many whom became patrons of the arts, and included the rediscovery of Greek and Roman science, art and literature (Hunt 8). This movement affected all of Western Europe, but it was Italy that it affected the most. As Sayre said, " the Renaissance was an age of intellectual exploration, in which the humanist strove to understand in ever...
