Il Rinascimento, started in Italy in the 14th century as the earliest manifestation of the general European Renaissance, a period of great cultural change and achievement that lasted until the 16th century, a transitional period between Medieval and Early Modern Europe.
The Renaissance was truly a rebirth for the people of Europe after the dark middle ages on many levels: from art to science, from philosophy to politics, from architecture to spirituality. Both modern banking and Humanism emerged in those times.