Events occurring in the beginning
of the twelve century resulted in a series
of intellectual, political and social transformations
that ushered what is known as Renaissance to historians
today a period after the middle Ages and it was marked
through a decline in the influence of the Roman
Catholic Church. It also involved the increase
in the importance of city-states as well as national
monarchies, plus the collapse of the old feudal structures.
It as well saw the development of numerous national
languages.
Although the spirit of Renaissance was translated into many forms, its earliest expressions were seen in an intellectual movement known as Humanism. The fall of Constantinople in the year 1453 was a big boost for Humanism as a large number of eastern scholars fled to Italy and consequently the accumulation of a significant amount of intellectual capital, important books and manuscripts and most importantly: a lnog standing tradition of Greek scholarship.
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- Gangwere, Blanche. Music History During the
Renaissance Period, 1520-1550 A
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no. 85. Westport, Conn: Praeger, 2004.
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