| iv> | | | | industry, much as happens with capital gains today. |
| The Renaissance Era was a period dating from | | | | Great gains were made in education. However, these |
| approximately the 14th centurythrough the 16th century. | | | | were not without a good amount of controversy. |
| It was a time of great change for Europe and the | | | | There were two distinct type of education, one of |
| world, as a wholenew culture was beginning to | | | | which was scholastic, which concentrated on the |
| emerge. Beliefs were tested. The idea that humankind | | | | study of logic, and the other being philosophy and the |
| rulednature developed, and has contributed greatly to | | | | nature of reality. |
| modern science and technology. | | | | Added to this were the humanists. They proposed to |
| It is thought that Renaissance political thought was | | | | educate the whole person and placed emphasis not |
| very instrumental in forming thegovernment in the | | | | only on intellectual achievements, but also on physical |
| United States. The idea of freeing government from | | | | and moral development. This is the method that has |
| the religious aspects ofthe church, thereby becoming | | | | moved into today’s education as well. It is a |
| more independent, was the key idea in this reformation. | | | | compilation of different achievements and teachings to |
| Many inventions were also developed in this period, the | | | | round out an individual’s knowledge, and, as is |
| most important being gunpowder, the printing press | | | | the case today, people became more interested in |
| and the compass. Another extremely important aspect | | | | music and the arts. Many people began singing and |
| of the Renaissance was the creation of prosperous | | | | took up musical instruments, much as they do in |
| cities, and is reflected today in our own society. | | | | today’s society, with music being a huge |
| Trade increased dramatically, not only in the standard | | | | influence. Literature and the arts began to flourish with |
| items of barter and exchange, but also in the area of | | | | a turning toward art inspired by nature. |
| luxury items as well. With the expansion of trade, | | | | Above all, the Renaissance movement left us fantastic |
| towns grew wherever the trade routes met. Capital | | | | monuments of artistic beauty that, even today, define |
| that accumulated through trade was eventually | | | | our western culture. |
| available for other enterprises, notably banking and | | | | |