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RENAISSANCE
— the period and intellectual movement in European cultural history
that is traditionally seen as ending the Middle Ages and beginning modern
times. The Renaissance started in Italy in the 14th century and flourished
in Western Europe until about the 17th century.
The aim of Renaissance education was to produce the "complete human
being" (Renaissance man), conversant in the humanities, mathematics
and science (including their application in war), the arts and crafts,
and athletics and sport; to enlarge the bounds of learning and geographical
knowledge; to encourage the growth of skepticism and free thought, and
the study and imitation of Greek and Latin literature and art. The revival
of interest in classical Greek and Roman culture inspired artists, architects,
and writers. Scientists and explorers proliferated as well.
The term "Renaissance", to describe the period of time, was first used
in the 18thcentury.  www.faires.com
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