Ch 2: "European Culture and Society"

While reading "The Rise of the Atlantic World" I found the European Culture and Society to be the most interesting to me.  I believe that a major part of it was that I took a European history class in high school and the fact that I've visited a few places in Europe.  I think that the Renaissance was the most interesting era because it led to many prosperous changes.  Scholars rose within many subject such as philosophy and science.  It was an era where Europe was showing their beauty in art and paying close attention to nature and perspective.  European society changed as a whole during this rebirth era.  England's reformation brought the rise of Puritanism and Queen Elizabeth I, where she stayed in the throne by allying herself with the Puritans.  The monarchy struggled with religions upheavals, there was a population boom, and the market economy created new opportunities.  The Renaissance era overall led to many positive and negative changes.