During the Medieval Era, the study of theology (the study
of God) was the most important branch of learning; but
during the Renaissance, people began to pay more attention
to earthly life and the study of humanity, or Humanism,
became a major focus of scholarly attention. Renaissance
humanists relied purely on reason (as opposed to
such things as prayer or Astrology) to investigate subjects
they believed might help them understand human life,
and solve the problems that faced mankind. To do this,
they actively studied the civilizations of ancient Greece
and Rome because they believed that these civilizations
had excelled in humanistic subjects. They dug through
ruins for anything that remained of the long-forgotten
classical cultures and marveled at the fabulous works of
art and architecture they discovered. And Renaissance
humanists traveled to distant monasteries in search of
ancient books, for they believed that the wisdom of the
past would provide the insights they needed to better
understand mankind, the world, and the universe.
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He argued that observation and experimentation are the most important tools for understanding the natural world
The end of the Middle Ages neared at the dawn of the Italian Renaissance. Spain was completing the Reconquista and Portugal began exploring the coast of Africa. The Black Death (bubonic plague) spread across medieval Europe between 1346 and 1350.
Renaissance is the name under which we know the artistic and cultural movement that took place in several European countries at the end of the Medieval Era. The Italian city of Florence was a major focal point of this movement, some scholars attribute Florence's economical and cultural situation as one of the reasons Renaissance started there, also the climate of peace that prevailed in the region.
Churches are illustrative of the innovative architecture of medieval Europe.
Yes, the movie Merlin is a medieval romance we are watching it in language arts