The Renaissance Period Explained | All You Need To Know

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“Renaissance” is the French word for “rebirth,” which is given to the period of time between the 14th and 17th centuries in Europe when there was a marked resurgence in classical art, education, philosophy, architecture, and natural sciences. Once more, the former Roman territories embraced the writings of ancient Greeks and Romans, and the idea of humanism. This rebirth marks the end of the Dark Ages and the beginning of the long march toward modernity.
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[@campar1043]

imagine being born during the dark ages and dying just as the renaissance was starting

[@DaftWullieFeegle]

Lol

[@campar1043]

@Lith yes it would be a huge F

[@campar1043]

@Lith even hugely massive

[@reyginaldaas5968]

Was a good life if you are an African...lol

[@Three_Sevens]

@@reyginaldaas5968 no it wasn't

[@project_exx]

Some major developments of the Renaissance include astronomy, humanist philosophy, the printing press, vernacular language in writing, painting and sculpture technique, world exploration and, in the late Renaissance, Shakespeare’s works.

[@laurelcarsell3713]

Not to mention the music as well!

[@Vividlyforgotten]

NERD

[@shaqhandy8913]

All of that was taught to them by the Moore's

[@Renwoxing13]

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[@codeblue362]

Architecture too

[@user-kw2mg2lg4t]

POV u have a test tommorow and u haven’t studied anything

[@XDmeteor678]

True I don't like history just trying to learn SOMETHING so I could answer some questions

[@XDmeteor678]

And say my mum I knew everything

[@the_one77199]

I have an exam tomorrow....

[@imkongsanenaier6182]

Lmfao😂

[@mightytiger7783]

10:29pm and I have NOT learnt anything on this unit 😭

[@cctreadway8962]

This was a wonderful synopsis of the Renaissance from a Western perspective. I'd love to also hear what was going on from other cultures at this time, who may or may not have been "renaissancing."

[@Marvelocean]

Kinda odd that soon as the renaissance was ending in Europe, slavery in Africa was starting. Two different directions. Africa needs her own Renaissance which will lead to an Industrial Revolution

[@chandlerbing5437]

​@@Marveloceanit's not two direction Renaissance and Reformation of Europe led to slavery colonisation and the final nail in the coffin the capitalistic world- global division of labour - west as employee east as employers and labourers , profits goes to west, wages to east....

[@shubhamauddy]

Another huge man who helped carve the future during this time period was Ezio Auditore Da Firenze.

[@FreelancerAlpha1-1]

Very popular with the people

[@kevinroman988]

As always thank you for making great history videos. May I ask that you also make one for the classical antiquity and for late antiquity

[@Arvinw1]

why are there so many underrated youtube channels

[@azvalley7795]

Feels like times like the renaissance are approaching soon

[@brendanroberts2797]

Or the start of the dark ages

[@arizonaranger1092]

@@brendanroberts2797 definitely the dark ages. The golden age has passed already and next in the cycle is the hard times

[@stresseddictator1849]

The dark age for sure

[@arx48]

pretty sure ai is killing artistic hope from young adults. dark age

[@rigelb9025]

Indeed, perhaps if we could for once learn from history, we could circumvent a large portion of the upcoming 'dark ages' and cut straight to the rebirth phase!!! That would be my hope, at least.

[@the_Dos__]

Very helpful video, helped me with my classwork!

[@luisarullan8485]

This was helpful! Thank you 😍🙏🏼

[@werockman9789]

Renaissance lead me into becoming an genius again. Because I was a dumb back then. Thanks to Renaissance period.

[@Thomas-jo4rz]

Back then you wouldn't have thought you were dumb but a genius as well, so how do you know you're actually a genius now and that's not just what you want to believe?

[@babychannel4314]

Lol..🙄

[@DracoPadilla]

Wtf are you talking about?

[@KARINA29534]

Huh?!! What are you even saying?

[@casey3713]

It is my belief that we are currently in a modern "dark age" and things are pretty dire. But we are on the cusp of a neo renaissance at the same time. And this time we will go to the stars

[@sharkchaos5160]

I loved this video and also big part that lead to the Renaissance is Greco-Roman culture going back into use.

[@cassiusijeomah4239]

Well Documented And Narrated

[@animeluvmajics4190]

Thanks for helping me with my art history

[@jdun09]

😂

[@roadwarrior2348]

This is very good ..informative. Well done.

[@wishingonthemoon1]

Awesome video! I wish there were years included in the video. I thought we were further along, and then the Gutenberg Bible was printed, so I knew it was only mid 15th century.

[@vivianhudacek1556]

Nice video-just subscribed

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great vid keep it up

[@rkl7717]

Is this book available in india ?

[@teresitamoraa7998]

I have an exam in the next two hrs and this has helped alot

[@dannyoconnor3228]

Did u pass

[@charlesarmstrong5292]

at 1:59 Just suddenly mentions plagues.What Plagues are you referring to? How did they come about and where? How did the plagues free up capital??

[@Felix-pn9eu]

This helped me so much with my exams :)

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This is my savior for an assignment I’m last minute working on

[@melb8856]

Thank you!

[@elizabethzoe]

Thank you🎉

[@OkeniyiBoluwatife]

Can someone please explain this renaissance and reformation?

[@noirflakes]

It's funny how I hate this kind of videos in school. But voluntarily search this type videos as a grown up. I wish i liked this earlier

[@georgemartinez1833]

Columbus did not reach the Bahamas in 1492. He reached the island off La Española (Dominican Republic 🇩🇴)

[@gabrielladiaz6933]

Exactly

[@Supraking12]

Yes, he did. Columbus landed in the Bahamas on host first voyage.

[@ias7464]

does anyone know the name of the art pieces at 1:40 and 2:40 ?

[@dareelantonio.3056]

The first one is the fall of Alexandria

[@KARINA29534]

It's sad to realize that the world will probably never witness another era like the Renaisaance again. Art, literature, sculpture etc were at their peak. Now all we see in the mainstream media is sexualized (rap) music with disgusting lyrics and attention-seeking tiktokers shaking their arses and doing other dumb stuff. I can assure you that no one will remember the horrible generation that is Gen-Z. Truly sad.

[@marlenna215]

Beyoncé

[@liamkisbee8117]

You never know it possibly could do, usually happens after a large war and then a reset sort of scenario.

[@chrismitty_plenty]

These are broad strokes of a deep and rich history, but we can't settle for thinking that the plague evaporated as the arts, sciences and exploration expanded without it stemming from other parts of the world, most notably Africa. When western Europe conquered African territory, much of their economic strength was at due to African resources, by trade or through conquest. It's not even a mystery that much of African history was destroyed and stolen by Europeans, therefore not all, but much of Europe's rise to power came from the Motherland. The Renaissance came from the arts, sciences and earlier developments of Africa, who had been to Europe, traded with and coexhisted with, for centuries prior to the slave trade.

[@aleale6277]

The renaissance started a good 2 centuries before that. You have no idea what you are talking about, and my god 11 likes.

[@liverpoolfanatic8064]

the masscare of st Bartholomew is a good example of how Medici (mainly Catherine) dealt with French Huguenots (protestants) if anyone wants to research medici's further

[@DracoPadilla]

Bro don't act like you know just because you watched the TV show.

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@@DracoPadilla no tv show degree course brev

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@@DracoPadilla what’s the tv show? 🫦

[@DracoPadilla]

@@liverpoolfanatic8064 It's called Medici.

[@DracoPadilla]

@@liverpoolfanatic8064 Honestly though I just realized how rude I sounded. I was just joking when I wrote the original comment. But for real check out the show. It's good.

[@Guy_Red_Glasses]

I like this video

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very entertaining

[@resonation6776]

1:42 what is this painting?

[@Rachel-rg2kt]

The Course of Empire (5 paintings) - Thomas Cole, this particular one is called Destruction.

[@almami1599]

1:51 i don’t believe this map is really accurate

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5:25 on the panting there’s Arabic words on the flag🫢🫢

[@bonfacengure6915]

Nice

[@imnobodywhoareyouu]

1:54 I don't understand this, how the plague freed up capital? I'm writing an essay about that.

[@Rachel-rg2kt]

the plague caused significant decrease in population causing labour shortage. wages increase and value of labour rose. Led to wealth distribution and gaining of capital, low population = low demands for goods n service affecting flow of capital.

[@pekertimulia125]

01km The middle ages of darkness:: Renaissance

[@nikolaivanovic3163]

The Dark Ages may have existed in the West (with the barbarians who destroyed the Western Roman Empire, the burning of witches, religious wars, the brutal Inquisition...), but in the Balkans, the Middle Ages have absolutely nothing to do with the Dark Ages. After the fall of the Western Rome, the Balkans became the cultural center of the world primarily thanks to the Eastern Roman Empire, which existed until 1453. The West first came into contact with that culture when they sacked Constantinople in 1204. (kzbin.info/www/bejne/q2jClqp9i9Rpa80) while Serbia and Bulgaria were in contact with that culture from the beginning, developing their culture under the influence of the Eastern Roman Empire. When you add to that the teachings of the Orthodox Church that prevented the possibility of the Inquisition and religious wars developing in the Balkans, it becomes clear why in terms of humanity and spirituality Byzantium, Serbia and Bulgaria were far ahead of Western Europe during the Middle Ages.

[@Bill-uo6cm]

Interesting comment.

[@yeathisiskenny1]

Center of the world? The balkans aren't even real european...

[@shadowrock]

​@@yeathisiskenny1lol guess I'm not european then. Where did you get this dumb info?

[@Cayz3107]

The amount of explicit content is crazy💀

[@kayleeholsten6628]

Med Ee See? I'm dying on the inside.

[@YiTheGBTW]

Ah yes, this is how I’m studying for my ap euro test

[@storiespoetryteller]

Printing press also invent in this period

[@BuildingHisHouse]

The Roman Empire began in 700 BC??? Before the Babylonian, Medo/Persian, and Grecian Empires???

[@aleksaradosavljevic4001]

Tge Renaissance had a lot to do with colonization and discovery.

[@DracoPadilla]

3:37

[@fartakiss9595]

Rome wasn't empire in 700 BC, it was a Kingdom. And Julius Caesar wasn't a Roman Emperor either. An I hope you guys make those corrections in those books you peddle.

[@ObiWanCannabi]

Our greatest achievements happen just after they lose their authority over the people, when Napoleon removed the monarchy by force we got the new renaissance period, times of art and music science and culture, they still listen to the music produced by these free living folks, their artwork hung on their walls like prized possessions, they forget what it took to make them. The blood that went into that freedom, like the best times for music was the 70's, people were coming back from Vietnam and they were crushed by the illusions of society, the people made music full of expression and freedom and we still sing the songs while forgetting the lyrics and meanings behind the anthems, so many lives inspired by their words and motives. The times people are allowed to express themselves are the times we move forward as people, they would still be owning slaves if no one rocked the boat Makes me wonder if they keep the art and listen to the music as a reminder not to let the peasantry get unruly.. or do they enjoy spending 50 million bucks for a bit of paint on canvas? 99.5% of the leaders of the free world are religious only 0.5% are atheist, aint it great seeing the pope saying they finally accepting same sex marriages, like we need to fit their social standard of what is normal... its not all just a system of oppression, a world based on bias and intolerance is it, making us foot the bill for their endless list of mistakes. Because they wont pay any taxes 1 man 2 Joe Bidens back made Germany a threat to their order, and we owe him our lives for giving birth to the scientific standard of testing and germ theory. He challenged one of the respected books of the time, medicine, telling the dirty bastards to wash their hands, and they lost their shit killing him in a mental institute at the age of 46 or so.. They went to war with Europe to stop that spread of expressionism and freedom Europe had without monarchies in control, and handed their empire over to the USA, they can make anyone into a monster to keep their order, and history will be written to forget your name, Wikipedia doesnt mention Ignaz Semmelweis on the page about the 19th century, but we are alive thanks to him, people like him took us to the moon and none of it would have happened with the church getting in the way. It was all for the war machine tho eh, so they used their scientists and free thinkers and made a new world around their order. Drowning the world in this ponzie fiat debt, so we police ourselves and observe all the paywalls they put up to life. Enjoying it thru a TV or video game because you know you will never get to experience it for real. How many people never hit their potential because society never invested or believed in them, how many died in other peoples wars, or never had the education to get a foot in the door. They need us pushing buttons not asking questions, our lives in the open while theirs is hidden, keeps us easy to control. Rock the boat they can take everything you have, Mel Gibson your career, Kanye West your reputation, its just that easy when their crimes are redacted If people were held to the same standard as our lawmakers the prisons would be empty, if we all had the same protection against intolerance based on your appearance or where you come from, how much money you have, we could accept eachother how we come. instead of trying to impress everyone you meet with some unobtainable expectation of beauty, its that kind of thinking that keeps shit cities living in shit. it kept women out of the workplace, with fake pockets all these years. Look at them melting in their old age, surgeons propping up their cheek bones inflating their lips, they think this is normal, when half of the fellas wouldn't put up with makeup and high heels, let alone spending hours at the hairdressers.. we have so many social stigmas we could drop in a free world re designed with everyone in mind.. Im sure they just wanna sacrifice enough of us to get back into Eden, instead of rebuilding it, or logically thinking maybe it was Africa in the last ice age.. Imagine if we forced these religion lovers, who fear satan free will and knowledge to use the same medicine books from the times their books of god were written. They use the book of law as a handy extension of the book of god to keep their order, and with nukes and surrounded by their likeminded friends its gonna be near impossible to shake them out of the tree that runs all of our lives, but the world is in debt to the almighty dollar, for now.. countries are waking up to the scam tho, they are short selling your future like you guys did ours its funny the little things they do to censor us and life over the generations you dont even notice, like here in Germany "XXX" isn't a thing, Sex is perfectly acceptable in their society they never needed to cover the word, the only thing the west managed to do was make Sex and XXX dirty words, the same thing is happening now, where we have drugs criminalised when people love them, they arent educating people to the dangers, and people in poverty will go for whats cheap and what does them more effect. If they made a safe market they could control things and get people the help they need to quit when they want Look at us here we have to sensor our words on youtube to capitulate to the advertisers, we are so easy to neuter and no one notices, they just delete your comment like a modern day book burning. They couldn't have that 150 years ago either when it was all about god king and country. There is a TV calendar I use called pogdesign, they censor all the bad words so serial killers are "serial huggers" they gonna end up banning the words hugging and cuddling if we carry on with this kind of disobedience. They need their control and authority over what you do and how you grow, as long as they don't get the blame when you end up making a mess of your life because they are the worse teachers in the world Weird how the world is setup tho, im more Australian than British being raised on Kevin Bloody Wilson, I have no brain mouth filter, expletives are normal language to be used not silenced. Its freedom, where as the USA is the UK with god and guns, you didnt go full on to having the drugs and hookers like you deserve but you getting there slowly as people push back, everywhere English spread there is a culture slightly different, but so familiar. I have more in common with most of you that i would with any lawmaker, but they keep us all divided behind nations and flags and patriotism. We need to unite and make a go at their system, run on the banks, see how quick their house of cards falls down, because they know most of our money doesn't exist on their systems anymore, they only have enough to cover us all if we let them pay us our money slowly over time.. You can be hundreds of thousands of dollars into debt for higher education because they failed us in the basics, telling us we wouldn't have calculators and now we have the world of information in our pockets, their ways are moot, their education system is no longer relevant to societies actual needs, when did they teach you how to do taxes, to grow plants to cook or fix something you broke. they teach us that ugly things are worthless and not worth investing in, that broken things are discarded, its how they discard so much of society so easily. Their vision of beauty is unobtainable and they are melting in their old age, their surgeons can't fix what entropy is doing to them, but they need their beauty to be valued, so they fight it as hard as they can. They can do no wrong in their eyes surrounded by other beautiful people, forgetting the ugly parts of society that finances their lives, one rush on the banks and the confidence game ends

[@phalera]

Caesar was never an emperor. You should correct that

[@roadwarrior2348]

Haha....Leonardo born in 1952..!! 5:09 / 8:28. chek it out. Editing missed it. Cheers..! Have a good day

[@cl6816]

i cringed at the pronunciation of „medici“

[@Remiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii]

Here because Beyoncé

[@omgitsfendi]

W video

[@mohakim9346]

So does renaissance basically mean all the old statues and paintings that were destroyed were redone?

[@marlenna215]

Insert beyonce

[@preciousbees5721]

That is odd that despite Rome’s failings, we really did try to collect and put back together again this empire… that literally collapsed… for a reason…😅🤷🏾‍♀️

[@Rafalthabt]

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[@jaro551]

4:37 Jan van Eyck lived a long time in Brugge and was born in Liège, which was part of the Duchy of Burgundy! Modern day FLANDERS!! Not Dutch!

[@jamesstephens7963]

One has to pay for all this rebirth of learning, so do not underestimate the banks, and capitalism.

[@ShadeRaven222]

"All you need to know" sounds like commy state television propaganda to me. I wanna know EVERYTHING.

[@aidendomingue6520]

I hate school

[@noahslife1923]

Lmfaoo me here for my essay 😭😭 I just wrote down every word he said for it and I’m hoping I get a good grade

[@skaalfort]

@@noahslife1923 how did it go?

[@gabbie7838]

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[@noahslife1923]

GLobDeli I got a 50 and she said to do. In paragraph form and shorten it

[@stresseddictator1849]

Same

[@ianp3913]

The Roman Empire didn’t end in 1400 ad it ended in 476.

[@sarunasjuonys4220]

The Western Roman Empire fell in 476. The Eastern part continued to exist until 1453.

[@BruceKent00]

Wrong, it did end in the 1400's, learn your history

[@sarunasjuonys4220]

@@BruceKent00 I guess he doesn't consider Eastern Roman Empire as Roman Empire.

[@mwaurawanyoike6974]

@@sarunasjuonys4220 Correct

[@BruceKent00]

@NotMeHowzit I did google, you clown and this is the result: "The history of the Eastern Roman Empire from the dedication of Constantinople in 330 until its fall to the Ottomans in 1453, the empire endured for some 1,123 years" The Roman empire split as it got to large, the Western Empire fell in 476, but the Eastern Half of the Empire continued until 1453. Do you feel dumb now ?

[@2011Bennett]

Caesar was not an emperor…

[@DonVueltaMorales]

If you're a high school kid, believe this video. If you're in college or beyond, know that this is filled with clichés and generalizations. That "Dark Ages" shit is just wrong, btw. The illustrations are often ahistorical and pronunciations wrong.

[@shekinahopara3078]

The Bahamas and India were not "discovered".

[@dawndid5972]

I 🧡 middle age

[@MB-bv9mr]

I thought the roman empire fell in 410AD...

[@gdheinrich3592]

That’s the year that the city of Rome would be sacked by the Goths, the Western Roman Empire didn’t fall until 476, while the Eastern half of the Roman Empire fell in 1453

[@gaigonggangmei6706]

6 months course in 8th minutes

[@tinikadavis3546]

Why at 6.27 when referencing sailors making DISCOVERIES in the 1400s you mention Christopher Columbus. This information is misleading. You shouldxhavexsaid these saklors REDISCOVERED ISLANDS.

[@shaqhandy8913]

This is nothing but about how the white man took every picture and vessel of black kings and queens and painting them white..

[@denissaliaj9459]

1:49 wtf

[@kennylong7281]

A lot of amazing Europeans.

[@NightmarePoliceX]

The Ottoman Empire ended the Roman Empire The rise of Islam shifted the flow of the World because the Europeans had to find an alternate route to asia and thus discovered Aztecs and the Native Americans.

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[@user-dl4dn5th3c]

Rinascimento, not renaissance,France had nothing to do with it!

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[@REBORN_YT908]

I don’t understand a damn thing

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*8 minutes and 30 seconds

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POV: You are generally curious.

[@rochecarter2583]

Beyoncé impact

[@nationbyers8267]

This whole video just pissed me off it's because of the "Renaissance" age that black history was white washed and recrafted to the "likings" of a ppl who knew exactly what they was doing with the so called art😑

[@MrShnazer]

Not much black history, they were concerned with shaking ass.

[@StudioStunna28]

Black people have no history

[@marlenna215]

Beyoncé

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3rd

[@ryansuperville3473]

This video is inaccurate and is misleading. 700-1400ad , the Iberian peninsula was occupied by Moors. Western Rome collapsed as well with Europe. Spain was ruled by moors for 800 years. Their reign ended in Europe 1492. Which ended the Roman Crusades. That when true renaissance started. There rewrote history in favor of their skin color, they stole the identity of the moorish king, queens, buildings etc.

[@ryansuperville3473]

Lol the first pave roads, bathrooms, libraries, colleges, school started in Spain, created by moors. It was the first of its kind in Europe. All this was year 1214. Spain had the largest city, infrastructure in all of Europe, that the world ever seen. They even had street lamps!!! That light the whole city.

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Poland used to be like that, but it changed

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Renaissance Excuse mine but it's not yours..

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