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26 sie 2022 · The Renaissance was the “rebirth” of culture, art, and learning that took place in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, starting in Italy and spreading to various other parts of western Europe.
In the sixteenth century, during the height of the Renaissance and Reformation period, Europe was overwhelmingly rural. The majority of people were peasants who lived in villages and small towns, which formed the foundation of European society.
The 1600s marked a seminal era in the history of New York City, initiating its transformation from a Dutch settlement, known as New (Nieuw) Amsterdam, to a burgeoning urban center. This period laid the foundation for the city’s expansive future.
16 gru 2013 · This chapter surveys recent studies of sixteenth-century nationalism and argues that the national community imagined in Tudor literature was in many respects more British than English.
Like most city-states of the era, the people of Renaissance Florence were composed of four social classes: nobles, merchants, trade workers, and unskilled workers. The nobles lived on large estates outside the city walls. They owned most of the city’s land and were influential people.
3 lis 2014 · Early modern conceptions of social order developed from a rich tradition of classical philosophy and medieval Christian thinking. This chapter begins with an overview of the core concepts of social order. Particularly prominent was the model of a tripartite society, divided into three orders or estates—the nobility, the clergy, and the ...
Baumgartner, Frederic J. France in the Sixteenth Century. New York: St. Martin’s, 1995. An introductory survey, organized in three parts chronologically. Part 1 (1484–1530) covers the early Renaissance, Part 2 (1530–1562) the period leading up to the Wars of Religion; and Part 3 (1562–1614) the wars themselves.
