Driving Forces Of The Renaissance.

The money exchanger and his wife; Quentin Massys (1514)

"Which one driving force do you think was the most crucial in creating the Renaissance's explosion of ideas? Why?"

Personally, I think that trading and banking was most crucial in creating the Renaissance's explosion of ideas since they make most of the money for their individual city state, using the money for architecture, art, constant war and rivalry between city states, education from exploration, new technology and source from discoveries, and much more. Therefore, money that was produced from trading and banking was the fuel to the ideas of the Renaissance.