Florence, Italy The Renaissance is finally here at the year of 1350. What does Renaissance mean? It is a French word that means rebirth. But, what is there a rebirth of? The rebirth of art and learning and getting past the “dark ages”. At first the Renaissance reformed many of the towns in Italy and turned them into city-states. Each one of these city-states governed itsself and laid the road for success. All of a sudden trade started to thrive. The eastern Mediterranean Sea turned into a massive trade route. Trading many manufactured goods and nice woolens. The whole caste system changed and differed dramatically from the original one during the Medieval times. The strong middle