Where are we coming from?
WAR, FAMINE, DISEASE but also a time in which the church was the most important source of information.
Renaissance = rebirth
Memento mori --> Carpe diem
Going back to the classics (Roman & Greek culture)
Started in England around 1485 with the start of the Tudor Dynasty
Elizabethan era = height of the Renaissance in England (Shakespeare & friends)
Great economic and cultural growth (higher classes)