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Impact Of Renaissance On The Modern World

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Impacts of Renaissance on modern world

1) Abstract
Renaissance was the movement that happened through Europe. Began in the 14th century in Italy and spread through the whole Europe until the end 16th century. It was the change from Medieval period to Modern age and took great inspiration from Greeks and Romans. All this movement resulted in governmental change and cultural modernization. The word derives itself from French language meaning rebirth. Altered the world in pretty much every way one could consider. Changes were much clearer in art, architecture, politics, science and literature. Main reason for the beginning of this movement is theorized for the plague called The Black Death. Black Death was a plague that spread through the Europe, resulted in killing millions. Florence was one of the worst sufferers of this plague, loosing half of its population. It made people familiar with the death and thus, people began focusing more on themselves rather than devotion to the spiritual life. Economically, the ones who survived the plague got richer. The reason for their gains were mostly caused by either the inheritance from their dead relatives or the need for work. With less and less the working force got, the wages increased naturally. New rulers swept in as the old ones suffered heavy causalities from the plague. In comparison to the old government they were much more focused on themselves. Ruling families such as Medici of Florence took the inspiration of Roman and
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