Medieval and Renaissance Italy Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
history of Italy during the medieval and Renaissance eras
About Medieval and Renaissance Italy
Those who lived before AD1500 obviously did not use the term "Middle Ages" for their own time; the concept of "Middle Ages" or "Dark Ages" was coined in the 17th century, when Europeans often regarded the enlightened ideals ofAncient Greekand theRoman Empireto have been lost with the fall of Rome in the 5th century, and revived in the 14th to 17th centuries; the wordrenaissance(Italian:rinascimento) means "rebirth". During this millennium, Europe was dominated by feudal monarchies. Italy was an exception, as city-states held power. Many of them had a prosperous merchant class, who made profit from theSilk Routeand other routes. Nationalism only arose in the late 18th, early 19th century and the states had little to no sense of being "Italian" in any sense but the geographic. The city-state
Medieval and Renaissance Italy Travel Guide Sections
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