The term renaissance usually refers to the Renaissance, the cultural movement and time period in the History of Europe, comprising the transitional period between the end of the Middle Ages and the start of the Modern Age, or parts of that period: By region Italian Renaissance Spanish Renaissance Northern Renaissance French Renaissance German Renaissance English Renaissance The Renaissance, also known as Il Rinascimento (in Italian), was an influential cultural movement which brought about a period of scientific revolution, religious reform and artistic transformation, at the dawn of modern European history. ... A cultural movement is a change in the way a number of different disciplines approach their work. ... This article gives an account of the history of the continent of Europe. ... The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ... The terms Modern World, Modern Period, New World, Modern Times, Progressive Age, Modern Age, or Modern Era are recognized by historians as being that period of time commencing after the Middle Ages and the Early Modern period, after the mid-18th century. ...

• Italian Renaissance
• Northern Renaissance
• English Renaissance
• Polish Renaissance

Renaissance has since come to refer to other periods of cultural rebirth; as in: By region Italian Renaissance Spanish Renaissance Northern Renaissance French Renaissance German Renaissance English Renaissance The Italian Renaissance began the opening phase of the Renaissance, a period of great cultural change and achievement from the end of the 14th century to about 1600. ... By region Italian Renaissance Northern Renaissance French Renaissance German Renaissance English Renaissance The Renaissance was originally centred in Italy, but in time spread throughout all of Europe. ... By region Italian Renaissance Spanish Renaissance Northern Renaissance French Renaissance German Renaissance English Renaissance This article is about the cultural movement known as the English Renaissance. ... The Polish Renaissance, whose influence originated in Italy, started spreading in Poland in the 15th and 16th century. ...

• Renaissance of the 12th century
• Carolingian Renaissance
• Harlem Renaissance
• San Francisco Renaissance
• Scottish Renaissance

Renaissance also refers to a progressive folk/rock band: The renaissance of the 12th century was a period of many changes during the High Middle Ages, including an intellectual revitalization of Europe. ... Aachen Gospels (c. ... The Harlem Renaissance was a flowering of African-American social thought and culture based in the African-American community forming in Harlem in New York City (USA). ... The term San Francisco Renaissance is used as a global designation for a range of poetic activity centred around that city and which brought it to prominence as a hub of the American poetic avant-garde. ... The Scottish version of modernism, the Scottish literary renaissance was begun by Hugh MacDiarmid in the 1920s when he abandoned his English language poetry and began to write in Lallans. ...

• Renaissance (band)

Renaissance also refers to an expansion to Ultima Online: Renaissance was a 1970s progressive rock band. ... Released on September 30, 1997, by Origin Systems, Ultima Online (UO) is often considered the first popular massively multiplayer online game. ...

• Ultima Online: Renaissance

Renaissance also refers to the IBM PC demoscene group of the 1990s: Ultima Online: Renaissance is the second expansion to the popular Ultima Online (UO) MMORPG. Released on April 3, 2000, it added content, fixed bugs, and made gameplay changes in response to common player complaints. ... The demoscene is a computer subculture that came to prominence during the rise of the 16 bit micros (the Atari ST and the Amiga), but demos first appeared during the 8-bit era on computers such as the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum. ... The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive, the last decade of the 20th Century. ...

• Renaissance (demoscene)

Renaissance may also refer to the Renaissance Center in Detroit, Michigan, United States Renaissance ASCII logo by Untouchable. ... A United States Coast Guard Cutter passes the Renaissance Center. ... The Detroit skyline at night as seen from Canada Nickname: The Motor City, Motown Motto: {{{motto}}} Official website: http://www. ... State nickname: The Wolverine State, The Great Lakes State Official languages English de-facto Capital Lansing Largest city Detroit Governor Jennifer Granholm (D) Senators Carl Levin (D) Debbie Stabenow (D) Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 11th 96,889 mi² / 250,941 km² 41. ...

Renaissance may also refer to the Renaissance Island in the Aral Sea Vozrozhdeniya Island from space, November 1994 Vozrozhdeniya Island topographic map, 1984 Renaissance Island (Russian: Остров Возрождения) is a former island, now a peninsula, in the Aral Sea. ...

Renaissance also refers to a series of progressive house mix compilations Progressive electronica is a collection of electronic music genres which draw upon progressive music, generally, and include the sub-styles of progressive trance, progressive house, progressive techno and progressive breaks. ...

• Renaissance (DJ mix series)

Renaissance is also the name of a hotel chain

• Renaissance Hotels and Resorts