Renascence Definition & Meaning

renascence
noun
  1. the period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world; a cultural rebirth from the 14th through the middle of the 17th centuries
  2. a second or new birth
  3. the revival of learning and culture

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