Renaissance
All about Renaissance and incidents related to it: The word "Renaissance" is a Latin word which means rebirth. Some interesting facts about Renaissance: * It is a transitional period from the Medieval era to the modern age. * It took place in Greece and spread all over the world gradually. * When Renaissance took place in England during the time of Queen Elizabeth, people got rid of austerity, rigidity, and restrictions. The concepts of blind faith in religion, obligations towards the bishops and others started disappearing gradually. * People stopped believing anything blindly. Rather, they learned how to sharpen their reasoning sense and throw questions on every established norm. Overall, renaissance brought mental and spiritual transformation. ( the influence of Socrates who said, "Know thyself, "An unexamined life is not worth living." According to Socrates, we all want to lead a happy life. To discern the definition of happiness, we ...