Entertainment / Literature / Renaissance Romance: The original medieval genre of metrical romances gradually were replaced by prose works in the 1500s. At that point, the meaning of a 'romance' expanded to include any lengthy French or Spanish story written in the 1500s and 1600s involving episodic encounters with supernatural or exciting events. The connotations were of wild adventures rather than romantic longing as in the modern meaning of romance. See romance, medieval and romance, modern.
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Renaissance Verb Synonyms: renascence, rebirth, revival, reawakening, restoration, resumption, renewal, resurgence, return, regeneration, rejuvenation, new dawn, new birth
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Romance Noun Synonyms: (love) affair, amour, affair of the heart, affaire (de coeur or d'amour), liaison, relationship, dalliance, intrigue
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Entertainment / Literature / Modern Romance: In contrast with medieval and Renaissance romance, the meaning of a modern romance has become more restricted in the 20th century. Modern nonscholarly speakers refer to romances when they mean formula MORE
Entertainment / Literature / Renaissance: There are two common uses of the word. (1) The term originally described a period of cultural, technological, and artistic vitality during the economic expansion in Britain in the late 1500s and early MORE
Entertainment / Literature / Renaissance Romance: The original medieval genre of metrical romances gradually were replaced by prose works in the 1500s. At that point, the meaning of a 'romance' expanded to include any lengthy French or Spanish story MORE