文档介绍：Renaissance(14th—mid17th)It’,artists,—thekey-noteoftheRenaissance,:bothmanandtheworldarehinderedfrominfiniteimprovementbyexternalchecks;ordingtohisdesires,.------’analysiswemayseethechiefcharacteristicsoftheRenaissance:(1)Politicallythefeudalnobilitylosttheirpowerandwiththeestablishmentofthegreatmonarchiestherewasthecentralizationofpowernecessaryforthedevelopmentofthebourgeoisie;TheChiefCharacteristicsoftheBackgroundoftheRenaissance(2)hurchwaseithersubstitutedbyProtestantismasaresultoftheso-calledReformation(asinGermanyandEngland)orweakenedinitsdictatorshipovermen’sminds(asinItalyandFranceandSpain);(3)Geographicaldiscoveriesopenedupcolonialexpansionandtraderoutestodistantpartsoftheworldandbroughtbackgoldandsilverandotherwealthandalsobroadenedmen’smentalhorizons;(4)Inthecountrysidethepeasantswereterriblyexploitedandtheyeitherroseinuprisingsorranawayandflockedtothecitiesandaddedtotheproletariatthere;(5)Inthecitiesthemerchantsandthemasterartisansgrewinwealthandinpowerandbecamethebourgeoisiewhilehandicraftturnedgraduallyintomanufactureandthemodernproletariatsprangupamongtheemployedworkersinthefactories;andfinally,(6)Culturally,astheinterestinGodandinthelifeafterdeathwastransformedintotheexaltationofmanandanabsorptionin