How could Europe have changed so much between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance?

The Renaissance – that cultural, political, scientific and intellectual explosion in Europe between the 14th and 17th centuries – represents perhaps the most profoundly important period in human development since the fall of Ancient Rome. ... Italy in the 14th century was fertile ground for a cultural revolution.

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