The term Renaissance refers to
A) a questioning of the traditional values of western Europe after the Hundred Years' War.
B) rebirth of the Greco-Roman past by scholars, artists, and writers in the fourteenth century.
C) a change in artistic styles after the plague, to better express the turmoil of the masses.
D) the reorganization of the Catholic Church due to pressures from the parishioners for eradication of corruption.
E) the age of exploration and discovery, when Europe was expanding and settling on new ideas.
B
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