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History

Renaissance in Europe

The intellectual life of Europe was greatly influenced by the cultural progress brought by the Renaissance . The progress had begun in Italy since the 16th century and the movement had continued to spread to the rest of Europe . During this time , Europe was on a situation of an exceptional transformation

The sixteenth century was the opening of a modern era for Europe There had been many changes occurring in different portion of life There had been a new continent discovered , an economy continuing to grow , discoveries

in technologies such as gunpowder and canons which changed the face of warfare , and the presence of printing press which ignited the revolution through media

The incident that was considered to be earth-shattering change of the century took place during the first half of the century , the reformation . The agreement in accordance with the culture of Europe that was initially based on the widespread involvement in the Body of Christ had changed and was broken and had never be restored again . In addition to these changes in cultural and religious beliefs during the Reformation , are confrontations and tests about the worldly society And even the government and the way it was organized and the power it holds had no chance to escape from questionings and thus it was reevaluated

When the sixteenth century is about to end , during the 1590s , tend to be the hard years for the average people living in any place of Europe There had been a cold and wet weather that takes long for almost three years and the harvest turns to be bad ADDIN EN .CITE IannuzzoC . T IannuzzoThe Sixteenth Century2007July 142005http /www .lepg .org /sixteen .htm (Iannuzzo , 2005 . Incidents of having bad harvests , for at least three times consecutively had occurred . The means of transportations had been ruined by war and also the supply for food had been destroyed

These are just some of the changes that took place during the renaissance in Europe . Together with the changes brought by the Renaissance to the intellectual life of Europe are the social changes in different areas

Different Areas of Social Change in Europe

Education

The changes that occurred in Europe during the Renaissance were not restricted to the changes in arts and intellectual happenings . There had been remarkable changes in the entire society . One of the changes is education which is the main concern . Some authors like Vergerio and Castiglione had their attentions focused on the illustration of the value of education in the society

Political Science

The book written by Niccolo Machiavelli entitled `The Prince ' which seemed to be a handbook for the ruling class of the society , described how political thinking had undergone dramatic changes during the Renaissance . The book teaches how to use and hold the power the rulers has and how to make the most of that power in whatsoever methods or ways needed , with which an excerpt from The Prince ' The end justifies the means ' implies ADDIN EN .CITE AP...