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What was the Renaissance?

What was the Renaissance?

Timeline from c.1400 to c.1600 showing key Renaissance turning points in Italy, northern Europe, and war and religion

The Renaissance was a long period of cultural, intellectual and political development, not one sudden event. It began especially in Italian cities in the 15th century and spread unevenly across Europe by c.1600.

The Renaissance c.1400–c.1600 Lesson

  1. A Level
  2. /History
  3. /The Renaissance c.1400–c.1600

Step-by-step lessons covering OCR A Level History The Renaissance c.1400–c.1600 for A Level History. Each lesson works through exam-style questions in Unit group 1, Unit group 2 and Unit group 3, plus the Y100 non-exam assessment format. Build a secure grasp of the outline narrative for your breadth and depth periods first, since the source-evaluation and historical-interpretations questions that carry a large share of the marks depend on that contextual knowledge.

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