Introduction
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Renaissance is the French word for rebirth. It is the time of change that happened in Europe between the 14th and 16th centuries.
It was an age of growth in Europe. New, powerful city states emerged. A new middle class had more and more money to spend. Great artists, writers and thinkers lived during this time.
During the Middle Ages many people who lived in the countryside worked on the land that they got from the noblemen. In return, they were protected by them.
City life changed towards the end of the Middle Ages. There was a small middle class population and people had more freedom than in the countryside.
Renaissance castle
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- artist = a person who draws and paints
- century = a period of a hundred years
- city state = a country that is made up of a city and the land around it
- emerge = appear, come up
- freedom = if you are allowed to do many things that you wantgrowth
- in return = as a reward for something
- nobleman = a man who is a member of the highest social class and has a title
- protect = defend, guard
- rebirth = here: when something becomes strong and popular again