Renaissance refers to the period between the fourteenth and mid-seventeeth centuries, it started in Italy, then then embraced the rest of Europe.
文艺复兴的时间一般是在十四世纪到十七世纪中叶，首先是意大利，然后蔓延到了欧洲其他各国。
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They belonged to prominent , upper-class families that had come from northern Europe to America in the seventeeth century and grew up with servants in large luxurious houses.