The Rebirth of Europe

Renaissance: French for "rebirth," The rebirth of culture, new ideas and new learning. This word perfectly describes the changes that occurred in Europe from the fourteenth through the sixteenth centuries. During the Middle Ages, Europe experienced a time with a small economic and financial growth. The society was ignorant and superstitious. During the Renaissance this all changed. The Renaissance was an age in which artistic, social, scientific, and political thought turned in new directions. Historians say that the humanist took helped society to improve. The humanist group believed that…