- Renaissance:
- The transition from the medieval to modern age is called the Renaissance period.
- The Turks captured Constantinople in 1453 CE. This compelled many Greek scholars to flee the place with their manuscripts. They took refuge in Italy and imparted their learning.
- Renaissance is a French word that means rebirth or revival of knowledge. At the beginning it was the interest of learning and reviving the sublime of the classical masters of Greece and Rome.
- The Crusades led to an increase of commercial activities.
- Discovery of new trade roots began after Queen Elizabeth I passed the charter to the traders.
- Invention of printing press by Johannes Guttenberg made education easily available, books were started translating and accessible to everyone.
- When Renaissance came to Europe in the fifteenth century to sixteenth century in India it came in the 18th century.
- Feudalism started to vanish. It was an economic system which existed in the Middle ages in which people received land and protection from a lord and worked and fought for them. The decline of Feudalism led to an enhancement of new job and learning.
- Rationalism: People tried to understand everything with logic.
- Humanism: People started believing in human earthly life instead of afterlife.
- Scientific Development and search for invention began.
- Reformation:
- Reformation: it was primarily the religious reform of the catholic churches, and the ask for change against the corrupt practices of the churches.
- The religious reformers were called the Protestants and they set up the Protestant churches.
- Reformation refers to The Protestant Reformation and the Counter Reformation.
A Period of Transition from Medieval to Modern Age
About the Author: Abirlal Mukherjee (Mukhopadhyay)
