The Dark Ages: The Rise Of The Middle Ages

The Middle Ages or also known as the dark ages was known as a time period where very little advantages has come to into place to help society. At this time, religion was the only thing that the people treasured, and cared about. They disregarded any different view of the world, and believed in the teachings of ancient Greek and Roman philosophers before their time. Something had to change, Europe had to evolve and become more advanced, educated and explore the world differently...But how? It is called the Renaissance.Inspiration from the ancient Greek and Roman people led to humanist beliefs and encouraged man to become multi-talented. The Renaissance was like a “rebirth” of ideals within a country’s individuals: art, architecture, religion and science,etc.

They were patrons and used their money to support artists like Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo. Lorenzo “the magnificent” even made the artists the Medici garden to work on their craft. The city states political impact was immense but economically the Rise of the merchant middle class has an effect as well. The middle class was an important reason for the cause of the Renaissance. Marked by the emergence of a booming middle class of craftsmen, who produced goods and traders, who bought, sold, distributed, and resold the goods for wherever the demand demand was high. Time and work were precious to the middle class. Having no work was shameful and people who worked earned the respect in society. The merchant class had such a different view from the medieval way of thinking. They focused more on self-improvement, the world, and education. Trading led professions like bankers, artists, scholars and more. The city of Florence was ruled by the rising merchant class and the Medici family of Florence. With profit and professional skills, this class became rich, talented and useful to society although it had no political power. The Renaissance just could not be understood