- Renaissance - the period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world; a cultural rebirth from the 14th through the middle of the 17th centuries
--1 is a kind of historic period, age
--1 is a part of history
--1 has part: High Renaissance; quattrocento
--1 has particulars: Italian Renaissance- rebirth, Renaissance, renascence - the revival of learning and culture
--2 is a kind of revival, resurgence, revitalization, revitalisation, revivification
- rebirth, Renaissance, renascence - the revival of learning and culture