The Renaissance “Renaissance,” French for "rebirth," perfectly describes the intellectual and economic changes that occurred in Europe from the fourteenth through the sixteenth centuries. During the era known by this name, 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 could be described …showed first 75 words of 340 total…

…showed last 75 words of 340 total…blasphemy not out of ignorance but at the limitation of individual thoughts during the time. But in Spenser’s time, he’s kind of poetry was condoned and perhaps even encouraged. This was the kind of artistic expression that separated the time of the awakening from others. It was their ability to put all their thoughts to paper, even those violating folkways, mores and values. This was the time of the awakening, the renaissance age.