How Did The Church Contribute To The Renaissance

Renaissance is a word that means “rebirth.” This is a fitting title for the time period as it was a time of surges of advancements in all fields of study. The Renaissance in general lasted from 1330 CE to 1620 CE, while the periods in it (Italian, English, High Renaissances) lasted as following: English Renaissance lasted from 1550 CE to 1620, the Italian Renaissance lasted from 1330 CE to 1550 CE, and the High Renaissance, in the middle of the English Renaissance, lasted from 1480 CE to 1520 CE.
The world was ready for the surges of advancements that the Renaissances brought forth at the end of the Middle Ages, and the reason for that is that the world was in such disrepair, with the Bubonic Plague and plenty other contributing factors. One of the inventions that contributed the greatest to these surges was the printing press, which allowed many private pieces of literature to be viewed by the general public.
The church was somewhat a place of power during the Dark Ages and Renaissance. During the Renaissance, the Medici family had very close connections with the Church. Whenever the church needed something, for example, a new painting of the Last Supper, it would ask the Medici family to help find one. The Medici family would then ask one of the artists they were sponsoring to make a painting of the Last Supper, if that’s what the Church wanted. Petrarch was one of the earliest humanists. Also, the Italian language was based off of Petrarch’s