During the era known as the Renaissance, Europe emerged from the economic stagnation of the Middle Ages and experienced a time of financial growth. Also, and perhaps most importantly, the Renaissance was an age in which artistic, social, scientific, and political thought turned in new directions.
The Renaissance, French for "rebirth," perfectly describes the intellectual and economic changes that occurred in Europe from the fourteenth through the sixteenth centuries. At the end of the plague in the 1450's, also known as the "Black Death" the population of Europe decreased radically which led to an economic depression. As incidence of the plague decreased in the late fifteenth century, populations swelled, creating a new demand for goods and services. A new middle class began to emerge as bankers, merchants, and trades people once again had a market for their goods and services.
During the Renaissance new technology was made that had a great impact on the world. Gutenberg invented......

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Title: American
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