A cikin wannan lokacin na rashin kwanciyar hankali ne marubutan Renaissance kamar Dante da Petrarch suka rayu, kuma za a ga farkon tashin hankali na fasahar Renaissance, musamman a cikin gaskiyar Giotto. Abin mamaki, wasu daga cikin wadannan bala'o'i za su taimaka wajen kafa Renaissance. Cutar Black Death ta shafe kashi ɗaya bisa uku na yawan mutanen Turai. Sakamakon karancin ma'aikata ya karu da albashi kuma yawan mutanen da ke raguwa ya fi wadata, ya fi kyau, kuma, ya fi mahimmanci, yana da karin kuɗi don ciyarwa a kan kayan alatu. Yayin da cutar ta fara raguwa a farkon karni na 15, yawan mutanen Turai da suka lalace sun sake fara girma. Buƙatar sababbin kayayyaki da ayyuka sun taimaka wajen samar da karuwar masu banki, 'yan kasuwa, da masu sana'a.
Petrarch