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It is common to mock the mediaeval era—also known as the middle ages, the dark ages, or simply the mediaeval period—as a “time of ignorance and superstition” that prioritised “the word of religious authorities” over firsthand knowledge and reason.
The mediaeval era’s castles, which stood from the fifth to the late fourteenth centuries, were utterly magnificent. Not only were they magnificent and majestic, but they also represented strength and defence. Furthermore, things were very different in the past when it came to beauty trends. Lead-based cosmetics was used by people to attain the appearance of pale skin, which was regarded as a symbol of prosperity and attractiveness.
The Gothic architectural style, with its pointed arches, ribbed vaults, and elaborate stained glass windows, was very popular at that period. This period was brimming with historical events, including Marco Polo’s travels, the beginning of Gothic cathedral architecture, heresy, controversy, and the Catholic Church’s Western Schism, which fueled civil unrest, state warfare, and peasant uprisings throughout the kingdoms.
The Renaissance began after this time.

After the Middle Ages, Europe had a passionate time of artistic, political, cultural, and economic “rebirth” known as the Renaissance. The Renaissance, which lasted from the fourteenth to the seventeenth centuries, encouraged the rediscovery of classical literature, philosophy, and art.Humanism, science, and the arts all received fresh attention during the Renaissance. The designs of the architecture changed to become more symmetrical and harmonic, drawing inspiration from classical Greek and Roman architecture. With a penchant for a more natural appearance and an emphasis on bright, clear skin, the trends in beauty have also changed. Masterpieces by artists such as Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci enthral us even now.
It was a period of intense cultural development and inventiveness. Rich residents of Florence, Italy, could afford to encourage aspiring artists, and the city had a long and rich cultural heritage. This was the birthplace of the Renaissance.
Prominent supporters of the campaign included members of the Medici family, the powerful family that controlled Florence for over 60 years. Prominent Italian authors, painters, statesmen, and others declared they were taking part in a revolution in art and thought that would be very different from what they had known during the Dark Ages. Even while the Renaissance came to other European nations later than it did Italy, its effects were nonetheless revolutionary.

Throughout the Renaissance, science, architecture, and the arts were closely related. In actuality, it was a singular period of time when these academic disciplines smoothly merged.