Impact of Renaissance on Indian literature and society

Abstract

Renaissance is the biggest and most fundamental revolution of ideas and values, which snatched away the moral basis of the feudal system and paved the way for the socio-political revolutions of the later powers. There have been many cultural renaissances in the long Indian history, but the word Renaissance basically refers to the transition between the Middle Ages and the Modern Age of Europe. It was first used by the famous French history philosopher 'Michesant' in the first half of the 19th century, but the first credit for popularizing it goes to the Italian historian Verkhart. The Renaissance era was actually an era of revival and revival of Greco-Roman classical learning. In the 14th century, when the chaos caused by the destruction of the ancient Roman Empire calmed down in Europe, a new life stream emerged in the culture of Europe, which continued to flow till the 16th century. In this era, 'religion and philosophy' were defined in a new way, innovation started in the field of art and science and parallel to this, revolutionary changes started appearing in politics and social system.

During this period mainly the decline of empire and feudalism and the rise of modern national state tradition took place. This was the time of freedom from medieval constraints and development of individual consciousness, under which individual freedom and worldly values began to be replaced by the influence of the Church, secular humanism was established with the neglect of God. The saints were replaced by philosophers and intellectuals, who neglected the control of mind and nature and started discussing its development. This new revolutionary consciousness broke the medieval orthodoxy and established new ideals of life.