Life After Death: The Renaissance Era.

Life After Death: The Renaissance Era
"All this meant change, and was therefore resented by the medieval mind."
-William Manchester
Medieval Europe was a time when nobles ruled and knights battling to the death were Saturday evening entertainment. This era, which seems so ancient from Europe as we know it today, shifted rather quickly from a backwards society into a flourishing period called the Renaissance. In Manchester's historical essay, A World Lit Only By Fire, four main events happened which helped 'shatter' medieval Europe, allowing the Renaissance to bloom. In his essay, the…