Renaissance

When someone hears the word "Renaissance," they most likely think of Italy, Leonardo DiVinci, and Michelangelo. But how many people //really// know what the Renaissance was? The term "Renaissance means rebirth, which was exactly what this time period was. The middle ages had ended, and the people emerged to a world where people didn't just barely survive, almost all prospered. This was a age where science, technology, medicine, astronomy, and art was more important then religion and the church. Inventions of this time included clocks, eyeglasses (leading to telescopes and microscopes), and submarines.