姓名：赵齐心TheRenaissancePeriod学号：3511120045TheRenaissancewasagreatculturalmovementthatbeganinItalyduringtheearly1300’s.ItspreadtoEngland,France,Germany,theNetherlands,Spainandothercountriesinthelate1400’sandendedin1600.Itisoneofthemostbeautiful,ifnotmisleading,namesinhistory.Itisbeautifulbecauseitimpliesanawakeningofintellectualawareness.ItismisleadingbecauseitsuggestsasuddenrebirthoflearningandartafterthepresumedstagnationoftheMiddleAges.TheOriginationofRenaissanceisthattherenaissancemakesatransitionfromthemedievaltothemodernword.Generally，itreferstotheperiodbetweenthe14thandmid-17thcenturies.ItfiststartedinItaly，withthefloweringofpainting，sculptureandliterature.TheRenaissance，whichmeansre-birthorrevival，isactuallyamovementstimulatedbyaseriesofhistoricalevents，suchastherediscoveryofancientRomanandGreekculture，thenewdiscoveriesingeographyandastrology，thereligiousreformationandtheeconomicexpansion.TheRenaissance，therefore，inessence，isahistoricalperiodinwhichtheEuropeanhumanistthinkersandscholarsmadeattemptstogetridofthoseoldfeudalistideasinmedievalEurope，tointroducenewideasthatexpressedtheinterestsoftherisingbourgeoisie，andtorecoverthepurityoftheearlychurchfromthecorruptionoftheRomanCatholicChurch.TwostrikingfeaturesoftheRenaissance1)Athirstingcuriosityfortheclassicalliterature;2)Thekeeninterestintheactivitiesofhumanity(PeopleceasedtolookuponthemselvesaslivingonlyforGodandafutureworldandturnedtoadmirationforhumanbeautyandhumanachievement);Renaissancemarksthetransitionfrommedievaltomodernworld,fromfeudaltocapitalist,fromreligioustosecularsociety.InthisperiodtheEuropeanhumanistthinkersandscholarsmadeattemptstoabolisholdfeudalideasinmedievalEurope(thechurch-centeredculturewhichwerecharacterizedbyGod-centeredness,otherworldlinessandasceticism.)andtointroducenewideasoftherisingbourgeoisie(humanism,theman-centeredcultureinwhichmanisthemeasureofallthings.),andtocarryourreligiousreformation.RenaissancedidnotbegintoshowitseffectinEnglanduntilthereignofHenryVIII(1509-1547)owi