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The Renaissance was able to occur because of the unique conditions that prevailed in Italy in the period from 1400 to 1500.

The country was rich, because of trade and industry and this meant that many wealthy Italians were willing to act as patrons of great artists. The Italian Peninsula was divided among a series of city-states.<ref>Ruggiero, Guido. ''The Renaissance in Italy: A Social and Cultural History of the Rinascimento'' (Cambridge University Press, 2015), p. 648.</ref> These were Republics and they were tolerant societies, that placed a high value on creativity in the arts and though. They were unique societies in the Europe of the time. Crucially, the influence of the church was limited in these city-states and there was generally freedom of thought and expression. Indeed, many prominent Churchmen were active patrons of Renaissance artists, including Popes <ref>Ruggiero, p. 78.</ref>

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