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A '''cultural movement''' is a specific change in society, or more properly, society's attitudes and interests in relation to items of culture, such as art, learning, science, music, etc.

It is more correct to describe the [[Renaissance]] as a '''cultural movement''' than a period of time. For example, [[19th century]] historians may make claims such as ''The Renaissance started in Italy in 1450 and progressed through Europe by 1485, finishing on the 22nd September 1601 at 4:30 in the afternoon, with a cup of tea and biscuits''. This is completely wrong.

It is more correct to say: The [[Renaissance]] describes a particular '''cultural movement''', which embodies changes to attitudes to [[art]], [[literature]], [[theology]], and to a lesser extent [[science]]. It occurred during the [[early modern]] time period, and affected different parts of [[Europe]] at different times. Some of the changes brought on by the [[Renaissance]] include increased interest in [[Humanism]], interest in [[ancient]] [[Greek]] learning, changes in attitudes to [[education]] (some few of which persisted until the early [[20th century]]), etc.

Although this is still a relatively simplistic view of the [[Renaissance]] (and doesn't address the issue of whether the [[Renaissance]] of the [[15th century]] and [[16th century]] really happened the way we think it did or not), it is more correct to identify the [[Renaissance]] as a cultural movement in this way rather than a time period.

Arguably, the [[Renaissance]] didn't affect [[Russia]] until much later (perhaps as late as 1917), and is yet to have any impact on [[China]], but that's another discussion completely.

If you need to describe the period from 1450 onwards (to about the mid [[18th century]]) with a degree of accuracy, use the expression "[[early modern]]" instead.

See [[periodisation]].