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This week I thought I'd "begin at the beginning" with an article that presents a variety of conditions and situations that scholars feel led to the beginning of the renaissance period in Italy.


Introduction to the Renaissance
The European Renaissance was a cultural movement which began in Italy in the Late Middle Ages, approximately the 14th century AD, and during the next three centuries spread throughout Europe.

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