Historical context of the RENAISSANCE

The Renaissance It is considered the time when best artists there was in the world, being the time of the appearance of artists such as Raphael or Michelangelo. In addition to this, the Renaissance was a period of great change for Europe, going from the Middle Ages to the Modern Age. For all this it is important to know the context in which the Renaissance arose and, therefore, in this lesson of a Teacher we must talk about the historical context of the Renaissance.

The Renaissance It was an important cultural movement produced in Europe between the end of the 13th century and the 17th century. He is considered like the passage between the Middle Ages and the Modern Age, since during its existence great advances were made in the arts and sciences, changing the world towards a more modernist one.

The main reason for the Renaissance was to return to the roots of the classical Romans And Greeks, thereby seeking the rebirth of old and almost forgotten ideas. The Renaissance took Greco-Roman myths and ideas, but joined them with medieval ideas to find something new.

We must bear in mind that the Renaissance It was not a single or homogeneous movement, since it varied a lot depending on the year and the location, although generally the idea that we have of the Renaissance is that of the ideas located in Italy, being the place where more advances were made. they got.

Among the main ideas of the renaissance we should talk about the end of medieval religion and its related feudal system, changing to a world with more variable religions and with the appearance of a bourgeoisie which was beginning to have great power.

To continue this lesson on the historical context of the Renaissance, we must talk about the history that revolves around this important stage of history, being important to know the context to understand why such changes took place. huge.

The context of the Renaissance lies, like any great change, in the decline of the previous format, in this case in the decay of a medieval world It was in a serious political and social crisis. This decline was marked by the end of many of the main institutions of the medieval world, such as the Holy Roman Empire in crisis, a Church weakened by the constant internal struggles, a feudal system that began to leave severe economic crises throughout the world and a cultural system in low hours due to the impediment to advance due to the primitiveness of the theology. In this situation where the entire medieval system was in crisis, there had to be a profound change which was the Renaissance.

Seeing the academic world that medieval ideas were reaching a crisis, they decided that they needed to change and, therefore, turned their heads to the past and thought of return to the ideas of Greco-Roman culture, being the one that had dominated Europe for centuries. These ideas soon evolved in European society, causing them to shift towards new centralized states, with better armies and administrations and with a new social class: the call bourgeoisie.

Beginning in Italy, the bourgeoisie began to have power and, with them, a series of thinkers and creators appeared focused on the so-called humanism, which defended the figure of the human being as the center of everything. The idea of ​​humanism gave rise to numerous philosophers, artists and scientists, eager to discover things in the world and being supported by the bourgeoisie.

All this renaissance focused on Italy and, although it had many different regions such as the republics of Florence and Venice or the monarchies of Milan and Naples, agree on the rise of the bourgeoisie and the importance of culture to grow.

From this moment, Renaissance ideas spread throughout the world achieving that, in a few decades, all of Europe managed to pass from the Middle Ages to the Modern Age.

To understand the historical context of the Renaissance we must talk about some of its main features, to understand its differences with respect to other times and the importance of its context. The main ideas of the Renaissance were the following:

• Recovery of the Greco-Latin tradition, especially looking at the great authors and philosophers of the idea. Many of these were frowned upon by the Christian tradition.
• Advance of humanism compared to traditional Christianity, so it tries to place the human being at the center of everything, occupying the role of God up to that moment.
• The rise of the bourgeoisie, being a new social class with economic power, which began to patronize important artists to make a name.
• It was a time marked by enormous Scientific advances, many of them that changed ideas deeply rooted in the minds of Christians, some of the Renaissance discoveries even reach our days.