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  2. Renaissance - Wikipedia

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    The Renaissance has a long and complex historiography, and in line with general skepticism of discrete periodizations, there has been much debate among historians reacting to the 19th-century glorification of the "Renaissance" and individual cultural heroes as "Renaissance men", questioning the usefulness of Renaissance as a term and as a ...

  3. Italian Renaissance - Wikipedia

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    Other accounts trace the end of the Italian Renaissance to the French invasions of the early 16th century and the subsequent conflict between France and Spanish rulers for control of Italian territory. [46] Savonarola rode to power on a widespread backlash over the secularism and indulgence of the Renaissance. [47]

  4. High Renaissance - Wikipedia

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    As far as the end of the High Renaissance is concerned Hartt, Frommel, Piper, Wundrum, and Winkelman all state that the High Renaissance ended in 1520 with the death of Raphael. Honour and Fleming stated the High Renaissance was the first quarter of the 16th century meaning it would have ended in 1525.

  5. French Renaissance - Wikipedia

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    The French Renaissance was the cultural and artistic movement in France between the 15th and early 17th centuries. The period is associated with the pan-European [ 1 ] Renaissance , a word first used by the French historian Jules Michelet to define the artistic and cultural "rebirth" of Europe.

  6. Renaissance of the 12th century - Wikipedia

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    The Renaissance of the 12th century was a period of many changes at the outset of the High Middle Ages. It included social , political and economic transformations, and an intellectual revitalization of Western Europe with strong philosophical and scientific roots.

  7. Medieval renaissances - Wikipedia

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    As Pierre Riché points out, the expression "Carolingian Renaissance" does not imply that Western Europe was barbaric or obscurantist before the Carolingian era. [1] The centuries following the collapse of the Roman Empire in the West did not see an abrupt disappearance of the ancient schools, from which emerged Martianus Capella, Cassiodorus and Boethius, essential icons of the Roman cultural ...

  8. All the songs that made it into 'Renaissance: A Film By ... - AOL

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    On Dec. 1, Beyhive members across the globe will get to watch Beyoncé bring her world tour to theaters in her new movie, “Renaissance: A Film By Beyoncé.” The concert film, which the ...

  9. Late Middle Ages - Wikipedia

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    After the end of the late Middle Ages period, the Renaissance spread unevenly over continental Europe from the southern European region. The intellectual transformation of the Renaissance is viewed as a bridge between the Middle Ages and the Modern era. Europeans would later begin an era of world discovery.