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	==Description==		==Description==
	The term Renaissance, originating from the Italian ~~terms~~ ''rinascimento'' ~~and~~ ''rinascita'', literally meaning "rebirth", is also used more loosely to refer to the historic era. However, since the changes of the Renaissance were not uniform across Europe, this has existed as a general use of the term.<ref name="Renaissance">''[[Assassin's Creed: Renaissance]]''</ref>		The term Renaissance, originating from the Italian terms ''rinascimento'' and ''rinascita'', literally meaning "rebirth", is also used more loosely to refer to the historic era. However, since the changes of the Renaissance were not uniform across Europe, this has existed as a general use of the term.<ref name="Renaissance">''[[Assassin's Creed: Renaissance]]''</ref>

	During this time period, the wealthy and educated began to perceive the world in a new light, as developments in all aspects of society began to emerge. As a cultural movement, it encompassed a resurgence of learning based on rediscovered classical sources, the development of linear perspective in painting, and gradual but widespread educational reform.<ref name="Renaissance"/>		During this time period, the wealthy and educated began to perceive the world in a new light, as developments in all aspects of society began to emerge. As a cultural movement, it encompassed a resurgence of learning based on rediscovered classical sources, the development of linear perspective in painting, and gradual but widespread educational reform.<ref name="Renaissance"/>
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	===Florence===		===Florence===
	It has long been a discussion of why the Renaissance had started in Florence, and not elsewhere in Italy, to which some have noted the unique features to the Florentine cultural life, that may have caused such a movement. However, many believe that it was the [[House of Medici\|Medici family]] who played a vital role in this development, by encouraging countrymen to commission works from Florence's leading artists, such as ~~Leonardo and~~ [[Sandro Botticelli]].		It has long been a discussion of why the Renaissance had started in Florence, and not elsewhere in Italy, to which some have noted the unique features to the Florentine cultural life, that may have caused such a movement. However, many believe that it was the [[House of Medici\|Medici family]] who played a vital role in this development, by encouraging countrymen to commission works from Florence's leading artists, such as Leonardo and [[Sandro Botticelli]].

	Others say it was pure luck that the Renaissance had started in Florence, as all "Great Men" were born in [[Tuscany]]. The chances of such men being born at the same place in the same time period seem improbable, though it could be that they were only able to rise due to the prevailing cultural conditions at the time.		Others say it was pure luck that the Renaissance had started in Florence, as all "Great Men" were born in [[Tuscany]]. The chances of such men being born at the same place in the same time period seem improbable, though it could be that they were only able to rise due to the prevailing cultural conditions at the time.

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	===Rome===		===Rome===
	[[File:Roads lead to 3.png\|thumb\|250px\|The Assassins standing against Cesare Borgia]]		[[File:Roads lead to 3.png\|thumb\|250px\|The Assassins standing against Cesare Borgia]]
	By the turn of the 16th century, [[Rome]] had fully fallen under the influence the [[Papacy]], which was controlled by Borgia and the Templars, leaving the city to the decay of their corruption. After the Borgia laid [[Siege of Monteriggioni\|siege]] to [[Monteriggioni]], the headquarters of the Assassins in Italy, Ezio relocated to Rome and established an [[Assassin Guild]] in the city while taking out the [[Borgia tower]]s that oppressed the citizens.<ref name="ACB">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref>		By the turn of the 16th century, [[Rome]] had fully fallen under the influence the [[Papacy]], which was controlled by the Borgia and the Templars, leaving the city to the decay of their corruption. After the Borgia laid [[Siege of Monteriggioni\|siege]] to [[Monteriggioni]], the headquarters of the Assassins in Italy, Ezio relocated to Rome and established an [[Assassin Guild]] in the city while taking out the [[Borgia tower]]s that oppressed the citizens.<ref name="ACB">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref>

	Following this, the Assassins began to recruit [[Assassin apprentices\|apprentices]] from among disgruntled civilians, slowly [[Liberation of Rome\|liberating]] the city from the Borgia's corrupt rule. With the death of Rodrigo Borgia in 1503 and the subsequent arrest of his son [[Cesare Borgia\|Cesare]], Borgia influence was removed and Rome was finally opened to the progress that Renaissance influences brought.<ref name="ACB"/>		Following this, the Assassins began to recruit [[Assassin apprentices\|apprentices]] from among disgruntled civilians, slowly [[Liberation of Rome\|liberating]] the city from the Borgia's corrupt rule. With the death of Rodrigo Borgia in 1503 and the subsequent arrest of his son [[Cesare Borgia\|Cesare]], Borgia influence was removed and Rome was finally opened to the progress that Renaissance influences brought.<ref name="ACB"/>

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	{{Quote\|1476 – the dawn of a new era for Italy. Art, culture, and science are flourishing under the guidance of inspired minds. ''Renaissance''. This is probably the way history will remember us.\|Giovanni Auditore, on the birth of the Renaissance, 1476.\|Assassin's Creed Lineage}}		{{Quote\|1476 – the dawn of a new era for Italy. Art, culture, and science are flourishing under the guidance of inspired minds. ''Renaissance''. This is probably the way history will remember us.\|Giovanni Auditore, on the birth of the Renaissance, 1476.\|Assassin's Creed Lineage}}
	{{Event Infobox		{{Event Infobox
	\|prev = [[~~Persecution of the Templars~~]]		\|prev = [[Hundred Years' War]]
	\|next = [[~~English Civil War~~]]		\|next = [[Age of Enlightenment]]
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	\|name = Renaissance		\|name = Renaissance
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	===Perception of perfection===		===Perception of perfection===
	[[File:Leo work 4.png\|thumb\|250px\|Leonardo da Vinci, an example of a "Renaissance man"]]		[[File:Leo work 4.png\|thumb\|250px\|Leonardo da Vinci, an example of a "Renaissance man"]]
	During the Renaissance, perfection was to strive to be a polymath, or a "Renaissance man". An exemplary polymath was ~~mainly~~ [[Leonardo da Vinci]], though [[Michelangelo]] and [[Niccolò Machiavelli]] also inspired the term.<ref name="AC2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref>		During the Renaissance, perfection was to strive to be a polymath, or a "Renaissance man". An exemplary polymath was [[Leonardo da Vinci]], though [[Michelangelo]] and [[Niccolò Machiavelli]] also inspired the term.<ref name="AC2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref>

	Being a polymath meant to be omnipotent; mankind had to pursue perfection in self-development of all aspects. For example, Leonardo was a painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, botanist, and writer.<ref name="AC2"/>		Being a polymath meant to be omnipotent; mankind had to pursue perfection in self-development of all aspects. For example, Leonardo was a painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, botanist, and writer.<ref name="AC2"/>
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	==Assassin influence==		==Assassin influence==
			===House of Auditore===
	[[File:Heirloom 2 v.png\|left\|thumb\|250px\|Ezio finding his father's robes]]		[[File:Heirloom 2 v.png\|left\|thumb\|250px\|Ezio finding his father's robes]]
	Ezio Auditore was born in the forming stage of growing Renaissance Italy, ~~June~~ 1459, as the second son of the [[House of Auditore\|Auditore family]] amidst the Florentine noble class. He grew up to be a banker, until he was seventeen years old, when the [[House of Borgia\|Borgia]] executed his brothers [[Petruccio Auditore da Firenze\|Petruccio]] and [[Federico Auditore da Firenze\|Federico]], along with his father, [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze\|Giovanni]].<ref name="AC2"/>		Ezio Auditore was born in the forming stage of growing Renaissance Italy, in 1459, as the second son of the [[House of Auditore\|Auditore family]] amidst the Florentine noble class. He grew up to be a banker, until he was seventeen years old, when the [[House of Borgia\|Borgia]] executed his brothers [[Petruccio Auditore da Firenze\|Petruccio]] and [[Federico Auditore da Firenze\|Federico]], along with his father, [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze\|Giovanni]].<ref name="AC2"/>

	After this incident, Ezio found out about his [[Assassins\|Assassin]] lineage, with his uncle, [[Mario Auditore]], and the Italian faction leaders of the [[~~courtesans~~]], [[thieves]], and [[mercenaries]] training him along his journey. These faction leaders were also Assassins, which Ezio later discovered on his [[initiation into the Assassin Order]].<ref name="AC2"/>		After this incident, Ezio found out about his [[Assassins\|Assassin]] lineage, with his uncle, [[Mario Auditore]], and the Italian faction leaders of the [[courtesan]]s, [[Thief\|thieves]], and [[Mercenary\|mercenaries]] training him along his journey. These faction leaders were also Assassins, which Ezio later discovered on his [[initiation into the Assassin Order]].<ref name="AC2"/>

	===~~The~~ House of Medici===		===House of Medici===
	[[File:WiSC 16.png\|thumb\|250px\|Lorenzo de' Medici with his wife]]		[[File:WiSC 16.png\|thumb\|250px\|Lorenzo de' Medici with his wife]]
	The Medici family ruled over Florence during the 15th and 16th century, boosting wealth and culture, and eventually making Florence the starting point of the Renaissance's expansion. In 1478, while attending High Mass, the Medici were attacked by the [[House of Pazzi\|Pazzi family]], a group of Tuscan nobles affiliated with the [[Templars]]. Ezio overpowered [[Pazzi conspiracy\|the conspiracy]] behind the events, killing all of those who plotted against the Medici.<ref name="AC2"/>		The Medici family ruled over Florence during the 15th and 16th century, boosting wealth and culture, and eventually making Florence the starting point of the Renaissance's expansion. In 1478, while attending High Mass, the Medici were attacked by the [[House of Pazzi\|Pazzi family]], a group of Tuscan nobles affiliated with the [[Templars]]. Ezio overpowered [[Pazzi conspiracy\|the conspiracy]] behind the events, killing all of those who plotted against the Medici.<ref name="AC2"/>

	After [[Lorenzo de' Medici]]'s death in 1492, his son [[Piero de' Medici\|Piero]] let Florence fall into the hands of [[Girolamo Savonarola]], who subdued the citizens ~~under the control of a~~ [[~~Pieces~~ of Eden\|~~Piece~~ of Eden]] and ~~nine lieutenants~~.<ref name="AC2"/>		After [[Lorenzo de' Medici]]'s death in 1492, his son [[Piero de' Medici\|Piero]] let Florence fall into the hands of [[Girolamo Savonarola]], a monk who subdued the citizens using an [[Apple of Eden 6\|Apple of Eden]]. Under Savonarola's leadership, the people of Florence instigated the [[Bonfire of the Vanities]], targeting art and wealth in an attempt to "cleanse" the city of all they deemed evil.<ref name="AC2"/>

	[[File:Mob justice 3.png\|thumb\|left\|250px\|Ezio assassinating Savonarola]]		[[File:Mob justice 3.png\|thumb\|left\|250px\|Ezio assassinating Savonarola]]
	In 1497, Ezio returned to ~~Florence, only~~ to ~~find the city in the hands of~~ Savonarola. Over the course of a year, ~~Ezio worked to remove Savonarola~~'s ~~influence~~, ~~and by~~ 1498, ~~he assassinated Savonarola, after~~ a ~~group~~ of disgruntled ~~civilians~~ attempted to burn ~~the monk~~ at a stake in the [[Piazza della Signoria]]. ~~This allowed~~ the Medici ~~to regain~~ control, ~~to which the family watched over Florence~~ for another seventeen years.<ref name="AC2"/>		In 1497, Ezio returned to his hometown and worked to remove Savonarola's influence. Over the course of a year, he assassinated the monk's lieutenants, allowing his fellow Assassins to rally the people against Savonarola. This culminated in May 1498, when a mob of disgruntled citizens attempted to burn Savonarola at a stake in the [[Piazza della Signoria]], though Ezio killed him beforehand to spare him any suffering. Following Savonarola's death, the Renaissance flourished in Florence once more while the Medici regained control of the city, ruling it for another seventeen years.<ref name="AC2"/>

	~~{{-}}~~
	===Rome===		===Rome===
	[[File:Roads lead to 3.png\|thumb\|250px\|The Assassins standing against Cesare Borgia]]		[[File:Roads lead to 3.png\|thumb\|250px\|The Assassins standing against Cesare Borgia]]
	By the ~~time~~ the 16th century ~~arrived~~, [[Rome]] had fully fallen under the influence ~~of the Borgia and~~ the [[Papacy]], which ~~were connected to~~ the Templars, leaving the city to the decay of ~~its~~ corruption. ~~Later, after~~ the [[Siege of Monteriggioni\|siege of]] [[Monteriggioni]], Ezio ~~traveled~~ to Rome and established an [[~~Assassins Guilds\|Assassins~~ Guild]] ~~there,~~ while taking out the [[Borgia ~~Towers\|Borgia towers~~]] that oppressed the citizens ~~of Rome~~.<ref name="ACB">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref>		By the turn of the 16th century, [[Rome]] had fully fallen under the influence the [[Papacy]], which was controlled by Borgia and the Templars, leaving the city to the decay of their corruption. After the Borgia laid [[Siege of Monteriggioni\|siege]] to [[Monteriggioni]], the headquarters of the Assassins in Italy, Ezio relocated to Rome and established an [[Assassin Guild]] in the city while taking out the [[Borgia tower]]s that oppressed the citizens.<ref name="ACB">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref>

	Following this, the Assassins began to ~~take on~~ [[Assassin apprentices\|apprentices]], slowly [[Liberation of Rome\|liberating]] the city from the corrupt Borgia ~~control. Thanks to this freedom~~, Rome was finally opened to the progress that Renaissance influences brought.<ref name="ACB"/>		Following this, the Assassins began to recruit [[Assassin apprentices\|apprentices]] from among disgruntled civilians, slowly [[Liberation of Rome\|liberating]] the city from the Borgia's corrupt rule. With the death of Rodrigo Borgia in 1503 and the subsequent arrest of his son [[Cesare Borgia\|Cesare]], Borgia influence was removed and Rome was finally opened to the progress that Renaissance influences brought.<ref name="ACB"/>

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	*''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' {{1st}}		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]'' {{1st}}
			*''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
			*''[[Assassin's Creed II: Discovery]]''
	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Renaissance]]''		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Renaissance]]''
			*''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]''
	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''
			*[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (novel)\|''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'' novel]]
			*''[[Assassin's Creed: Embers]]''
			*''[[Assassin's Creed: Memories]]''
			*[[Assassin's Creed (Titan Comics)\|''Assassin's Creed'' (comic)]]
			*''[[Assassin's Creed: Identity]]''
			*''[[Assassin's Creed: Reflections]]''
			*''[[Assassin's Creed: Rebellion]]''
			*''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood of Venice]]''
			*''[[Assassin's Creed: The Last Quest of Leonardo da Vinci]]''
	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Nexus VR]]''		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Nexus VR]]''
	*''[[Assassin's Creed Roleplaying Game]]'' {{Mo}}		*''[[Assassin's Creed Roleplaying Game]]'' {{Mo}}
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	*''[[Assassin's Creed Roleplaying Game]]'' {{Mo}}		*''[[Assassin's Creed Roleplaying Game]]'' {{Mo}}
	*''[[Echoes of History]]'' {{Mo}}		*''[[Echoes of History]]'' {{Mo}}
			*''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' {{Mdat}}

	==References==		==References==

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	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Nexus VR]]''		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Nexus VR]]''
	*''[[Assassin's Creed Roleplaying Game]]'' {{Mo}}		*''[[Assassin's Creed Roleplaying Game]]'' {{Mo}}
			*''[[Echoes of History]]'' {{Mo}}

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	{{Quote\|1476 – the dawn of a new era for Italy. Art, culture, and science are flourishing under the guidance of inspired minds. ''Renaissance''. This is probably the way history will remember us.\|Giovanni Auditore, on the birth of the Renaissance, 1476.\|Assassin's Creed Lineage}}		{{Quote\|1476 – the dawn of a new era for Italy. Art, culture, and science are flourishing under the guidance of inspired minds. ''Renaissance''. This is probably the way history will remember us.\|Giovanni Auditore, on the birth of the Renaissance, 1476.\|Assassin's Creed Lineage}}
	{{Event Infobox		{{Event Infobox
	\|prev = [[~~Hundred Years' War~~]]		\|prev = [[Persecution of the Templars]]
	\|next = [[~~1402 Chinese Assassin purge~~]]		\|next = [[English Civil War]]
	\|image = Scared and Profane love - By Titan.png		\|image = Scared and Profane love - By Titan.png
	\|name = Renaissance		\|name = Renaissance
	\|timeframe = 15th to 16th century		\|timeframe = 15th to 16th century
	\|place = [[Europe]]		\|place = [[Europe]]
	}}		\|conc=}}
	The '''Renaissance''' was an intellectual and artistic cultural movement which fostered the revival of classical [[Greece\|Greco]]-[[Roman civilization\|Roman]] studies in [[Europe]]. Originating in [[Italy]] in the 15th century, it spread across western and northern Europe before fizzling out in the 16th century. It is conventionally regarded as a transitional period in European history between the [[Middle Ages]] and the [[modern times\|modern era]]. With a foundation in the new philosophy of humanism, it catalyzed an outpouring of novel feats in fields such as sculpture, painting, literature, and architecture.		The '''Renaissance''' was an intellectual and artistic cultural movement which fostered the revival of classical [[Greece\|Greco]]-[[Roman civilization\|Roman]] studies in [[Europe]]. Originating in [[Italy]] in the 15th century, it spread across western and northern Europe before fizzling out in the 16th century. It is conventionally regarded as a transitional period in European history between the [[Middle Ages]] and the [[modern times\|modern era]]. With a foundation in the new philosophy of humanism, it catalyzed an outpouring of novel feats in fields such as sculpture, painting, literature, and architecture.

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	The '''Renaissance''' was an intellectual and artistic cultural movement which fostered the revival of classical [[Greece\|Greco]]-[[Roman civilization\|Roman]] studies in [[Europe]]. Originating in [[Italy]] in the 15th century, it spread across western and northern Europe before fizzling out in the 16th century. It is conventionally regarded as a transitional period in European history between the ~~{{wiki\|~~Middle Ages}} and the [[modern times\|modern era]]. With a foundation in the new philosophy of humanism, it catalyzed an outpouring of novel feats in fields such as sculpture, painting, literature, and architecture.		The '''Renaissance''' was an intellectual and artistic cultural movement which fostered the revival of classical [[Greece\|Greco]]-[[Roman civilization\|Roman]] studies in [[Europe]]. Originating in [[Italy]] in the 15th century, it spread across western and northern Europe before fizzling out in the 16th century. It is conventionally regarded as a transitional period in European history between the [[Middle Ages]] and the [[modern times\|modern era]]. With a foundation in the new philosophy of humanism, it catalyzed an outpouring of novel feats in fields such as sculpture, painting, literature, and architecture.

	Prominent individuals of this era whose works earned widespread acclaim include the polymath [[Leonardo da Vinci]], the artists [[Michelangelo]] and [[Raphael]], the political theorist [[Niccolò Machiavelli]], and the architect [[Filippo Brunelleschi]]. Italian city-states flowered as major cultural centres, most notably [[Florence]] and [[Venice]], with nobles, merchants, and the Roman Catholic Church passionately patronizing the movement with their wealth.		Prominent individuals of this era whose works earned widespread acclaim include the polymath [[Leonardo da Vinci]], the artists [[Michelangelo]] and [[Raphael]], the political theorist [[Niccolò Machiavelli]], and the architect [[Filippo Brunelleschi]]. Italian city-states flowered as major cultural centres, most notably [[Florence]] and [[Venice]], with nobles, merchants, and the Roman Catholic Church passionately patronizing the movement with their wealth.

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	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Renaissance]]''		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Renaissance]]''
	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''
	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Nexus VR]]'' ~~{{Mo}}~~		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Nexus VR]]''
	*''[[Assassin's Creed Roleplaying Game]]'' {{Mo}}		*''[[Assassin's Creed Roleplaying Game]]'' {{Mo}}

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	==Appearances==		==Appearances==
			{{Incomplete list}}
	*''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' {{1st}}		*''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' {{1st}}
	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Renaissance]]''		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Renaissance]]''
	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''
			*''[[Assassin's Creed: Nexus VR]]'' {{Mo}}
			*''[[Assassin's Creed Roleplaying Game]]'' {{Mo}}

	==References==		==References==