Driving Forces of the Renaissance

"A Banking/ Trading Scene" 1541.

"Which one driving force do you think was the most crucial in creating the Renaissance's explosion of ideas? Why?


The Renaissance was a movement during the dark 'period', from 14th century, till the 16th century which first began in Florence, a city states of Italy. Trading was the most crucial in creating the Renaissance's explosion of ideas because when Italy first began to trade with oriental countries, sailors discovered the new knowledgeand the new solutions to govern the city-states without problem, as well as the new educations and realized that other countries were more developed than Italy. After people heard about the oriental countries, scientists, artists and all other people were inspired and started to work harder to gain new knowledge. So, all driving forces were foundation of the trading and banking.