Renaissance & Reformation

The rebirth of Europe, 1400–1600. The flowering of art, learning and science that began in Italy, and the religious revolution that broke the unity of the Western church — the ideas that made the modern world.

Rebirth of art & learning

The Renaissance

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The faith that split Christendom

The Reformation

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