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Johny · Joined: 13 Mar 2012 Posts: 26

The Renaissance, which means 'Rebirth', marked the end of the Medieval Period or the Dark Ages in European History and heralded the beginning of an extraordinary cultural upheaval in Art, Science and Technology that was influenced by a resurgent interest in the Classical Works of Ancient Greece and Rome. Since the Italian City-States of Florence, Venice, Milan, and Ferrera were the great Maritime trading powers of the time, they had become extremely wealthy and could indulge in cultural pursuits, and it was under them that the Renaissance Age took root. In complete contrast to the earlier Church supremacy, artists, musicians and the aristocratic families that nurtured them began gaining in influence, and their socially progressive ideas and inventions filtered down amongst the rest of the society.
Jay Weinstein Seattle