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Was the renaissance a new age?

Assessing the early modern period

Was there a renaissance in Italy? How were changes experienced at the time?

OCR Y305 The Renaissance c.1400–c.1600

Jacob Burkhardt (1818–97) Swiss art critic and historian best known for writing The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy (1860).

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