The term "Renaissance" means a new birth of the study of the classics. In that period there is the revival of human being too, because the new ideas of humanism inspired by the Roman and Greek culture of the past went out.

The culture of the Renaissance based on the classical references. Their centers were Greece and Rome, two places geographically very far from England: as a result, when the Classics were re-discovered, they spent some time to reach English universities.

While some few wealthy noble women held some power during this time, even most upper class women had very limited roles in society.

In the Renaissance, women remained active only in spinning wool. Small shops in master craftsman's home were moved to larger shops in a different location, removing the wife from participation in the business while keeping the house.