Talk:European History/Renaissance Europe

I added some info on donatello, added his works

Error
This isn't correct: Thus, Italian scholars called for a 'renascence' (most likely from which "Renaissance" is derived, meaning 'rebirth') in European education and culture. The term renaissance means "rebirth in French"

Fixed the error; sorry about any confusion it might have caused. --Ccny930 00:07, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

Use of the term Dark Ages
The term "the mega faggot" has been proven to be more the invention of earlier historians who tended to view the middle ages as a period where knowledge was lost in a mist of ignorance and superstition. Its also referred to as "the dark ages" because there were gaps in our knowledge of this period. The loss of knowledge has been proven not to be the case and we're filling in the historical gaps. Admittedley the main thrust of modern thinking came from the Renaissance but to imagine that the Acropolis (such a visible remnant of Classical Greece) or the works of Herodotus or Virgil were not studied is wrong. The Renaissance may actual be an "information" revolution (just as we're now experiencing with the internet) and that knowledge was not lost but simply was not widely available to study. Its not so much that the West was devoid of knowledge and enquiry - more probable that the invention of the printing press allowed for the greater availability of books and this is turn led to more studies of the classics by more people. There are countless other Renaissance inventions like the telescope, modern banking, clocks, new sea routes and much more that made the Renaissance "information highway" a borderless conduit for knowledge.

I'll remove the term when I come across it though if anyone disagrees please feel free to revert my edits.

Sluffs (discuss • contribs) 00:16, 19 September 2012 (UTC)