by modern scholars as that between 1300 and 1600. Many dramatic

changes happend during the Renaissance. The Renaissance was a

period of new inventions and beliefs.

The Renaissance was drastically different from the Middle

Ages. During the Middle Ages the church held most of the power and

it's economy was agriculturaly based. Exploration and learning

was almost put to a stop. During the Renaissance society was

transformed into a society increasingly dominated by central political

institutions with an urban commercial attitude. Also, people's

curiosity overcame thier fear and many people started to venture out

and explore. New schools and colleges became more and more common.

The Renaissance was started by many rich Italian cities, such

as Florence, Ferrara, Milan ,and Venice. Because these cities were

very wealthy, many merchants started to spend money on different

things, such as painting, learning, new banking techniques, and new

systems of government. These things gave rise to a new type of

scholar, the humanist. Humanism was subjects concerned with humankind

world. First of all, it made books much easier to come by, wich made

into the world. Artists also studied the way light hits objects and

excommunicated from the chuch and he started Protestantism.

explorers, merchants, and mapmakers. Religion especially changed

where fairly well spread. The printing press had many effects on the

was one of these. Although he was not regarded as a genious in his

corpses to learn more about human anatomy. Another great man was a

French, and Italian. A third effect was that scholars had better

The printing press was probaly the most important advance in

told the populus what they wanted them to hear. This caused many

forward to, and a life worth living. So inturn, people based thier

allow more time for corrections before it dried.

The Renaissance also had an effect on the general society.

interested in the world outside of thier towns. Many became

become more precise in their measurements and to make sure an object

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