Western Civilization I / Unit 13 WC1 1201 short lesson, about 20 seconds
What Renaissance Claims, and When: 1300 to 1500
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The idea
Renaissance means rebirth: innovation in art, learning and culture from the fourteenth to sixteenth centuries, Italy first, about thirteen hundred to fifteen hundred. The anchor calls the Dark Ages conceit off-base yet the achievement real, and says the Renaissance never truly ended.
In practice
Most of Europe stayed medieval; Italian villages were unchanged in fifteen hundred.
Where people slip
A rebirth for cities and elites.
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