When did the Renaissance take place?

lanfranco

It depends on which country or region you're talking about. In Italy, some scholars feel that it began in the mid-to-late 14th century, and it then reached its high point in the early 16th, while "late Renaissance" is often used to describe later 16th-century developments. In Northern Europe, it gets underway in the late 15th century and then continues through the 16th. Then there's the 12th-century Renaissance, but that's another story .... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance Feb 11 06, 2:56 PM

JoshCaleb12

... and then there's Ireland, which in the 600's (to 800's) AD was a flourishing light in what some have, probably erroneously, called the "Dark Ages" elsewhere in Europe. At the time, Ireland's universities were centers of learning for much of Europe. http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A207479 Feb 12 06, 3:47 PM

Arpeggionist

It also depends on the art and the medium. The musical renaissence lasted through 1650 in some places. Feb 12 06, 4:29 PM

4829conec

The Renaissance began in the 1300's with the rebirth of Greek and Roman learning in Italy. Feb 17 06, 9:50 AM