Why renaissance begin in northern Italy?
In order to have the Renaissance, an area needed several things.
It needed peace and stability. It needed money. It needed an
intelligencia. It needed the writers, artists, and musicians. And
it needed the Patrons. The Austrian Empire established peace. The
trading houses of Venice and other coastal cities created money.
Instability in the Islamic world caused many of their writers,
artists, and musicians to flee on the trading boats and move to
that area. The church had an intelligencia that saw how they could
be used. Rich patrons existed who would pay for them to draw
pictures and do other things for the churches.