Renaissance is the French word for rebirth. It is the time of change that happened in Europe between the 14th and 16th centuries.
It was an age of growth in Europe. New, powerful city states emerged. A new middle class had more and more money to spend. Great artists, writers and thinkers lived during this time.
Contents (21 pages)
- Introduction and beginnings
- The plague
- The emerging new middle class
- Exploration and trade
- Printing
- Humanism
- Art and architecture
- Florence
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Exercises
- Word list
- Key
Man in Renaissance clothing
Image: Paul Mercuri, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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