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Essay on The Renaissance: A Period of Rebirth in Europe

The Renaissance was a period of European history that would change the world forever. It changed the way people saw art (and other things) and the way people acted. The Renaissance began in 14th-century Italy and spread to the rest of Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries. In this period, the society of the Middle Ages with its agricultural economy and church filled life, was transformed into a society that was increasingly influenced by central politics, with a more urban, commercial economy and interests in education, the arts, and music.

The word "renaissance" (meaning "rebirth" in Latin) was first used in 1855 by the French historian Jules Michelet. Then the great Swiss historian Jakob Burckhardt used and developed


Names mentioned in this term paper
Jules Michelet, Jakob Burckhardt, Jakob,

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Italy, Europe, Rome, Greece,

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the renaissance, Middle Ages, the middle ages, Jules Michelet, agricultural economy, 17th centuries, future generations, ancient greece, political science, new ideas, human history, society, Italy, 14th century, education, mariner, immediate, consciousness, Swiss, artistic, Rome, leaders, literary, interests, exploration, Greek, Europe, artists, printing, paper, music, the 16th, the spirit, the greek, The leaders, the age,

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