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    Ordinarily, when many people first think of the Renaissance they will imagine the inaccurate representation of busty woman dressing as tavern wenches alongside men wearing a tunic and blue jeans as they become annihilated on ale while trying their best to speak in an old-timey dialect, whereas others will recollect the intellectual and cultural movement that occurred between the 14th and 17th century which initially happened in Italy for various reasons. Foremost, they desperately needed to alleviate

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    Italy was considered one of the leading cultural influences throughout history because of it's distinct location, social advances, and technology. The religion in the region was complicated; however, it heavily affected beliefs and morals of people around the world. Another promoting advancement of Italy, was their art. It transformed modern paintings, sculptures, and perceptions on culture. Moreover, the economy was very unpredictable due to the outbreak of disease, erratic growth of development

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    The Renaissance was a period of time between the mid-fourteenth century and mid-sixteenth century in which art, engineering, architecture, and music flourished, mainly due to engineers and artists. One of the most debated questions that historians discuss about the Renaissance is why and how the Renaissance started in Italy because there are no specific events that started the Renaissance. Rather, it was a string of events with no clear beginnings except for basic ideas and theories. Wealth and humanism

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    transition into the Renaissance by allowing Italy, the center of the Renaissance, to prosper through trade with Venice, and by being the source of many of the writings that Renaissance scholars studied. Italy became the center of the Renaissance for one reason: money. It was necessary for a society to be wealthy in order to support artists, for they were paid only through patronage. Patrons were the people, or organizations, that would pay artists and scholars to work for them. Italy was certainly the

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    the years of 1330-1550, the Italian Renaissance flourished in many aspects of different technologies such as painting, sculpture, and architecture from all over Italy, but a few of these accomplishments derived from the cities of Florence, Venice and Genoa. In the French language, “renaissance” translates to “rebirth”, which gave the start of the 14th century a sense of reawakening for those who resided in Europe, or more specifically, Italy. The renaissance contributed to many different cultures

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    The Renaissance brought about major changes in European politics, economics, sciences, and cultures. New schools of thought, most notably Christian Humanism, techniques of painting and sculpting, systems of government, and ways to communicate forever changed the face of Europe. These changes, however, were not uniform in their influence or their style. The Southern, especially Italian, Renaissance focussed particularly on both the individual and the Church, through studying old Roman Catholic doctrines

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    The fact that the renaissance began in Italy is one of the main reasons it was able to successfully develop and spread. The Italians had a stable government system, inspiration from classical ruins, and a precise location on the mediterranean When comparing Italy to the rest of Europe, they had a great government system. They were one of the only non-feudal countries in europe, as well as the most urban one. Italy was broken up into self governing city states, each having their own military and navy

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    History. "Italy during the Renaissance". Lumen. Boundless World History. 27 May 2018. (-- removed HTML --) The House of Medici had abundant power in Florence during the Renaissance, as well as other members of the richest part of society The rise of the merchant class in politics contributed to the prosperity of Italy in the late Middle Ages The growth of international trade boosted economy and also aided the affluence of Northern and Central Italy in the late Middle Ages Northern Italy did not

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    Renaissance Art in Fifteenth-Century Italy The renaissance era is the mark of the “rebirth” period. It’s the beginning of the modern world and the ending of the Middle Ages. Renaissance era means the revival of great art and literature and it began in Italy and spread into Europe between the 14th century into the 17th century, and made that transition from medieval to modern time. (Dictionary.com) Most of the towns turned into cities and businesses. Italy was forming into an urban city. A city that

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    The Effects of Catholicism on the Education of Women in Renaissance Italy According to Paul Grendler, the conservative, clerical pedagogical theorist Silvio Antoniano (1540-1603) reflected on women’s educational status in Renaissance Italy in one of his written works, claiming that “…a girl (should not) learn ‘pleading and writing poetry’; the vain sex must not reach too high…A girl should attend to sewing, cooking, and other female activities, leaving to men what was theirs”. Apparently, this

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