The simple question, “What was the Renaissance?” will serve to open the subject, and the various answers which may be drawn from the students can be made to fit the teacher’s conception of the movement; or, better still, the questions may be so framed as to draw from the students themselves the teacher’s preconceived notion of what is to be understood by the term. At the close of the discussion, the teacher’s definition or conception, framed in simple language and dictated to the class will fix it clearly in the student’s mind and serve as a guide to further study and discussion. The following conception, which is made up of statements borrowed from several sources, will serve as an illustration: “The Renaissance was an intellectual and scientific transformation of Europe, a great and fundamental change in thought and taste, in books, buildings and pictures, for which the world had long been preparing and in which we still participate.” When Was the Renaissance? This question suggests a second. “When did this movement begin and when did it end?” This question may be treated separately or regarded as a fundamental part of the first query. If an English and a German Renaissance are to be recognized, as well as an Italian Renaissance, care must be taken to select the dates accordingly. Following the plan of some of the text-books, it might be well in this connection to point out the fact that, although the movement began in Italy in the middle of the fourteenth century and lasted there until about 1550, its dates for England were approximately 1500 to 1600, and for Germany, 1450 to 1520. Where Did It Begin and Why?