ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Florence, where the Italian Renaissance began, was an independent republic. It was also a banking and commercial capital and, after London and Constantinople, the third-largest city in Europe.

Detailed explanation-2: -Florence has long been considered the epicenter of the Italian Renaissance because of the early and conspicuous development there of humanism and the city’s stunning innovations in the visual arts.

Detailed explanation-3: -Florence is often known as the “Jewel of the Renaissance".

Detailed explanation-4: -Florence was a cultural and artistic hub of Italy and the world at large during the Renaissance. The Renaissance as a whole was characterized by a focus on history and the classics, and this manifested itself in Florentine literature through the creation of new histories of Florence and beyond.

Detailed explanation-5: -Other major centers were Venice, Genoa, Milan, Rome during the Renaissance Papacy, and Naples. From Italy, the Renaissance spread throughout Europe in Flanders, France, Britain, Ireland, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Poland, Hungary (with Beatrice of Naples), and elsewhere.