发生于14-16世纪的意大利文艺复兴通常被看作是欧洲中世纪文化与现代化之间的重要分水岭，但是早在这场意义重大的文艺复兴运动发生之前，在中世纪蒙昧闭塞得精神氛围中，就已经悄然涌动着一股文化复兴得暗流，这股暗流是由基督教会所推动得。在蛮族大入侵所导致得“黑暗时代”以及其后得封建社会中，正是基督教会以其超越性的宗教理想和强有力的组织体系，坚持不懈地推动了“加洛林王朝文艺复兴”和“12世纪文艺复兴”，培育了西欧大学和学术思想得幼嫩根苗，开创了独具特色得文艺风格，从而为后来的意大利文艺复兴奠定了重要的基础。

Renaissance in Italy was often considered as an important dividing line between the European Medieval culture and the modern culture.However,even before Italian Renaissance,an undercurrent of cultural revival,which was pushed forward by the Catholic church,had already been on the rise.In the "Dark Ages" caused by the invasion of barbarians and the feudal period,the Catholic Church with its transcending ideals and powerful institutions drove forward the Carolingian Revival and the Renaissance in the 12 the c...