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A 5 page paper discussing the cause of the intellectual changes that occurred during the renaissance period in Europe. Many people have stated that the cause of these changes was due to the education and knowledge available through the monasteries of that time, but the monasteries were limited to the texts they contained. Their exposure to the world outside of Europe was very limited. The idea
that the Crusades changed the intellectual face of the Europeans is the argument given. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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directly related to what was available to him, or what he felt he needed to understand. For example a farmer would have no desire, or need, to learn about anything
other than farming. Survival was the first issue at had in many cases. But things began to change, and through exposure to other cultures and ideals, the face of intellectualism
in Europe changed forever. It was not a change that took place overnight, but one that took quite a few years, and battles. But with the intellectual learning came a
new way of life for many Europeans. Europe, prior to the 12th century, had long since relied on the monasteries to provide education and exposure to intellectual thought to
the people in general. But their teaching and knowledge was only as good as the available materials. For example, a man in Europe might well have been an highly respected
intellectual in light of the information available, but get him next to an individual who had been exposed to the realities outside European boundaries, and you will see the nature
of the Europeans intellect fail miserably. Europeans generally believed they knew all that was important in regards to their world. But the people were gradually becoming restless in light
of many realities. The conditions in Europe were not good, nor had they been for quite some time. "From the 10th century onwards there was population growth in Europe. This
stayed on until the plague in 1350. Between the 10th century and 1350 the population almost doubled. To provide food for all these people a lot of waste land was
brought under cultivation. Some people could be freed from primitive production and become members of the clergy, artists or scientists" (Anonymous age-of-transition.htm). Then the plague came and between 1347 and
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