What caused the Renaissance?
The great plague cause the renaissance to begin. Since in some
places up to 50% of the population had died, all the resources were
now split among the survivors. There was more resources to invest
in art and culture. It took half the fields to feed people, so the
extra fields were used for specialties like tomatoes, olives, and
the like, resulting in new cuisine. And modern science was born
from the realization that the superstitions of the day were not
enough to understand our world.
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The Renaissance, a movement which stressed the ideas of the
classical world, has been described as ending the medieval era and
heralding the start of the modern age. Its causes were many, all
deeply interconnected and now historians debate the relative
importance of each, as well as when the Renaissance actually began.
The mid fourteenth century is a common date for the start, although
some commentators go back further. In addition Florence was once
identified as the initial home of the Renaissance, but some
histories widen this to Italy as a whole. The following are the
main factors.
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People started realizing that there was a contrast between the
teachings and and the deeds of the churchmen. More money was being
spent in in the memory of dead people. So, the movement called
HUMANISM was launched to make the life better for the living
people. The western scholars felt that so many concepts in the
ancient Greek and Roman books were wrong new books with correct
information and new research. In Northern Italy, nobles
andmerchant's were highly rich. They were always ready to spend
more money on modern homes and work of art. So, the designers,
artists, architect and craftsmen were eager to produce some thing
extra ordinary and were highly paid. The ancient Greek and Roman
architecture was so beautiful but no preserved Europeans started to
make their cities more glorious. The printing press allowed the
writers to produce new books more quickly, with less expense's New
books about science, politics, sports and farming were produced.
Religious books against the catholic church were brought a
prominent change in their beliefs.
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The " Renaissance" is a period of time. A cultural movement in
culture; during the 14th - 17th century starting from Florence, and
moved throughout Europe.