What Was the Renaissance?

Discover all there is to know about the Renaissance,the period in history that took Europe from the Middle Ages to modern times! Beginning in Italythe Renaissance was a cultural movement that spread throughout Europe and affected artsciencetechnologypoliticsand thought. From the 1300s to the beginning of the 1600sscholars started to question what they knew and looked to literature and historical texts to develop new ideas for why things were the way they were. In just a short amount of timethe foundations for European life were uprooted and examinedleading peopleincluding Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangeloto explore new ways of thinking and being. Readers will learn why the Renaissance was such a pivotal time in European history and how it still influences us.