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The Renaissance is a period in European history (15th-16th Centuries) which traditionally is considered to bridge between the medieval period ('middle ages), and the modern period (with the birth of modern science). Renaissance means 're-birth' and was thought to reflect the rediscover of earlier aesthetic and humanist values after the so-called 'dark ages' of the medieval period. This distinction is now considered over-simplistic.
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