Renaissance Spirit

The Renaissance was a cultural movement of the XV and XVI, which began in Italy and spread throughout Europe, which ended up giving name extension to a period of Western civilization characterized by a return to classical antiquity as a reaction against medieval theological mentality(Trivellato, pp. 127-155). The discovery of America was a significant event in the economic life of the Renaissance and opened new markets(Robin, p. 106).

The early Renaissance spirit was expressed through humanism. Humanists wanted to answer the questions of the moment and it appealed to both Christianity and Greco-Roman philosophy, creating an intellectual system characterized by ...