Why the Renaissance first took place in Italy

There are many factors, the main one being the economy.

1. Material Basis In medieval Europe, the center was concentrated on the Mediterranean coast, Italy was the first to produce the germ of capitalism, and the bourgeoisie hoped to break through the shackles of church theology. The rise of commercial cities, the development of handicraft workshops, and economic prosperity. 2. Cultural Basis A large number of ancient Greek and Roman cultural classics were transmitted from the Eastern Roman Empire to Italy.

III. The Class Basis The growth of the emerging bourgeoisie. 4. Talent advantage From the 14th to the 17th century (Renaissance), Italy was full of talents and gathered in one place. 5. Geographical location Italy is relatively close to the East, and it has accepted Oriental culture (papermaking, printing) earlier.

6. The Black Death was endemic in Europe. VII. The Underlying Causes The Church strictly controls people's minds and stirs up discontent among the bourgeoisie and the common people. In the early modern period, Italy was not a unified political entity, but consisted of a number of city-states and fiefdoms

It controlled the Kingdom of Naples in the south, the Florentine Republic and the Papal States in the center, Genoa and Milan in the north and west respectively, and Venice in the east. Italy in the 15th century was the most urbanized region in Europe. Many Italian cities were built on the ruins of ancient Roman architecture; On the face of it, this links the classicism of the Renaissance with the fact that it originated in the heart of the Roman Empire.

However, there are still many controversies in the academic community about why the Renaissance arose in Italy and occurred at that time. Correspondingly, there are also various theories used to explain the question of the origins of the Renaissance.

1. Material basis.

In medieval Europe, the center was concentrated on the Mediterranean coast, Italy was the first to produce the germ of capitalism, and the bourgeoisie wanted to break through the shackles of church theology. The rise of commercial cities, the development of handicraft workshops, and economic prosperity.

Second, the cultural foundation.

A large number of ancient Greek and Roman cultural classics were transmitted from the Eastern Roman Empire to Italy.

3. Class basis.

The growth of the new bourgeoisie.

Fourth, talent advantage.

Renaissance Italy was full of talent, all in one place.

5. Geographical location.

Italy was relatively close to the East and had an early acceptance of Eastern culture (papermaking, printing).

Sixth, the fuse.

The Black Death was endemic in Europe.

7. Deep-seated reasons.

The Church strictly controlled people's minds and stirred up the discontent of the bourgeoisie and the common people.

1. Economic reasons: The germ of capitalism first appeared in Italy.

2. Political reasons: The bourgeoisie is in the process of being formed, and in order to maintain and develop its own political and economic interests, it urgently demands the destruction of the theological worldview of the Church and the eradication of various traditional views that maintain the feudal system.

3. Cultural reasons: Italian cities retain the classical culture of Greece and Rome.

4. Geographical reasons: Italy has long-term ties with Byzantium and the Arab Empire.

Renaissance: The Renaissance, the period of European history, refers to an ideological and cultural movement that arose in Italian cities at the end of the thirteenth century, and later spread to Western European countries, and flourished in Europe in the 16th century, bringing a period of scientific and artistic revolution, opening the prelude to modern European history, and is considered to be the boundary between the Middle Ages and modern times. Marxist historians consider it to be the dividing line between the feudal era and the capitalist era.

At the end of the Middle Ages, with the continuous invasion of the Eastern Roman Empire by the Ottomans, the Eastern Roman people fled and brought a large number of ancient Greek and Roman cultural classics and art treasures to the commercial cities of Italy. Some advanced intellectuals in the emerging bourgeoisie used the study of the art and culture of ancient Greece and Rome to propagate the humanistic spirit through literary and artistic creation. The Renaissance was one of the three major emancipation movements (Renaissance, Reformation and Enlightenment) in modern Western Europe.