Awakening Quote by Robert Briffault

“ The Renaissance After the fall of the Roman Empire, Europe began a period that is called the Middle Ages, or the medieval period.…

— Jean F. Blashfield

“In truth, France. Germany, Austria, Spain, Portugal and England had nothing to do with Athens and the history of Rome from its earliest days…

— Peter Frankopan

Why alhough the Renaissance eventuall became a Euope wide intellectual and artistic movement, and why did it developed first and most distinctively in Italy?…

— Brandon McCaw

I don't use the word 'renaissance'. It's flawed because in Latin, it's tied to the rebirth of Christ... It's a word that's tied to…

— John Ralston Saul

“From the 13th century until 1737, Florence was ruled by the wealthy and powerful Medici family. The Medicis were successful in business and politics,…

— Marilyn Tolhurst

The Renaissance of the fifteenth century was, in many things, great rather by what it designed then by what it achieved.

— Walter Pater

The Renaissance of the fifteenth century was, in many things, great rather by what it designed that by what it achieved.

— Walter Pater

“This much should be clear by now: the term 'renaissance' can only remain fruitful and demanding as long as it refers to a far-reaching…

— Peter Sloterdijk

My contention is that if you trace it back, it was the people of the East who brought them out of the Dark Ages,…

— Malcolm X

I have been interested in the 12th century since my 20s when it was very fashionable to say of anybody with whom you disagreed,…

— Yitzhak Rabin

Renaissance or the reawakening of Europe. And, and this reawakening actually involved an era during which the people of Europe, who were coming out…

— Malcolm X

Put yourself in the position of an up-and-coming artist living in early-sixteenth-century Italy. Now imagine trying to distinguish yourself from the other artists living…

— Jerry Saltz