humanism

The Rebirth As the Middle Ages ended a new era began. The Middle Ages left behind a feudal society with a church dominated culture. This new era, the Renaissance, had an urban economy, with secular control of thought and culture, even religion (Kagan pg. 334). The Renaissance started in Italy and quickly spread throughout Europe forever changing the attitudes towards faith and spirituality. In Italy as city-states gained power, the strong banking city of Florence was …

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