Escaping The Middle Ages

      At the end of the Middle Ages the Renaissance started. Renaissance being the French word for rebirth was the new age of art, music and wealth. Around 1400-1500 many Europeans were wealthy. Art, Science, and political thinking became more popular. But there is a dark side to this brighter age, The Bubonic plague or Black Death arrived and wiped out half the population of Europe, among most of them peasants had the highest death rates. Not only did the plague kill people it decreased business income. However ,in the fifteen hundreds the population started to climb resulting in the rise of Europe.