Renaissance
...n the 1800s."Renaissance is a French French (le français, la langue française) is one of the most important Romance languages, outnumbered only by Spanish and Portuguese. French is the 11th most spoken language in the world, spoken by about 77 million people (called Francophones) as a mother tongue, and 128 million including second language speakers, in 1999. It is an official or administrative language in various communities and organizations (such as the European Union, IOC, United Nations and Universal Postal Union). ..... Click the link for more information. word coined by French historian Jules Michelet Jules Michelet (August 21, 1798 - February 9, 1874) was a French historian. He was born at Paris, of a family with Huguenot traditions. His father was a master printer, not very prosperous, and Jules assisted him in the actual work of the press. A place was offered him in the imperial printing office, but his father was able to send him to the famous Collège or Lycée Charlemagne, where he distinguished himself. He passed the university examination in 1821, and was soon appointed to a professorship of history in the Collège Rollin. Soon after this, in 1824, he married. ..... Click the link for more information. and expanded upon by Swiss The Swiss Confederation or Switzerland is a landlocked federal state in central Europe, with neighbours Germany, France, Italy, Austria and Liechtenstein. The country has a strong tradition of political and military neutrality, but also of international co-operation, as it is home to many international organisations. Confoederatio Helvetica, the Latin version of the official name, avoids choosing one of the four official languages. Its abbreviation, ..... Click the link for more information. historian Jacob Burckhardt Jakob Burckhardt (May 25, 1818 - August 8, 1897) was a Swiss historian of art and culture. He was born at Basel, educated there and at Neuchâtel, and, till 1839, was intended to be a pastor. In 1838 he made his first journey to Italy, and also published his first important articles, Bemerkungen über schweizerische Kathedralen ("Remarks about Swiss Cathedrals"). In 1839 he went to the University of Berlin, where he studied until 1843, spending part of 1841 at Bonn, where he was a pupil of Franz Kugler, the art historian, to whom his first book, Die Kunstwerke der belgischen Städ...