Renaissance

The term derived from the Latin word meaning “reborn” that refers to the European cultural movement from the 14th to the 17th centuries that sought to advance learning through the recovery of classical texts and ideas and saw great advances in the arts. (c. A.D. 1350) The Renaissance begins in Italy after the highly disruptive Black Plague(A.D. 1347) The Black Plague reaches Europe from the Silk Road killing anywhere from 30% to 60% of Europe’s population over the course of 5 years, a... more, renewing interest in the arts, culture, humanismWas a movement during the Renaissance to recover and teach the ancient Greek and Roman classics, language, literature, rhetoric, poetry, and history t... more, and classical (pre-Christian) antiquity.