The Middle Ages had been a time period following the fall of the Roman Empire, and a dark and “barbarous” age according to many humanists in the Renaissance Era. The Middle Age began without any idea of the education, politics, and intellectual of the Greeks and Romans. Some people in the Renaissance Era believed this era to be a “awakening” from the Middle Ages, and a complete revival of the Greek and Roman lifestyle. Politically, humanists replaced religion from politics, and justified their actions for the well-being of the state, not one’s moral. Economically, Italian financiers extended across Europe, and so did local competitors, the establishment of banks, and the start of an urban movement increased money, and population. Although
