<Table> Italian Renaissance <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Clockwise from top 1. Mona Lisa by Leonardo Da Vinci 2. A view of Florence, birthplace of the Renaissance 3. The Doge's palace in Venice 4.St Peter's Basilica in Rome, the most renowned work of architecture of the Renaissance 5 . Galileo Galilei, Tuscan scientist and father of the experimental method 6. Cristopher Colombus, Genoese explorer and colonizer whose voyages initiated the European colonization of the new world 7. Cesare Borgia, notable condottiero and a major inspiration for The Prince by Macchiavelli 8. Creation of Adam by Michelangelo </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> 14th century - 17th century </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Italian city - states </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Participants </Th> <Td> Italian society </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Outcome </Th> <Td> <P> Transition from the Middle Ages to the Modern era </P> <Ul> <Li> Renaissance spreads to the rest of Europe </Li> <Li> Development of capitalism, banking, merchantilism and accounting: beginning of the European Great Divergence </Li> <Li> Explorers from the Italian maritime republics serve under the auspices of European monarchs ushering the Age of discovery </Li> <Li> Rediscovery of Humanism and Greco - Roman culture </Li> <Li> Renaissance literature, painting, sculpture, architecture and music have profound impact on the evolution of the arts </Li> <Li> Renaissance wars lead to significant changes in the history of diplomacy and warfare </Li> <Li> Italian universities play a significant role in the beginning of the scientific revolution </Li> <Li> Increase of Papal temporal power leads to the Reformation, the Counter-Reformation, the Roman Inquisition and the European wars of religion . </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Clockwise from top 1. Mona Lisa by Leonardo Da Vinci 2. A view of Florence, birthplace of the Renaissance 3. The Doge's palace in Venice 4.St Peter's Basilica in Rome, the most renowned work of architecture of the Renaissance 5 . Galileo Galilei, Tuscan scientist and father of the experimental method 6. Cristopher Colombus, Genoese explorer and colonizer whose voyages initiated the European colonization of the new world 7. Cesare Borgia, notable condottiero and a major inspiration for The Prince by Macchiavelli 8. Creation of Adam by Michelangelo </Td> </Tr>

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