What was the renaissance?
a. a period--during the thirteenth century--of renewed interest in ancient civilizations in europe
b. a period of artistic and literary achievements in europe--from the late fourteenth to the early seventeenth centuries--inspired by new interest in the classics
c. the eighteenth-century era of renewed interest in classical greece and rome
d. the rebirth of classical learning in the middle east between the late fourteenth and the early seventeenth centuries