Ang INQUISITION ay itinuturing na batik sa kasaysayan ng simbahang katoliko dahil isa itong tribunal na itinayo noong panahon ni Pope Gregory IX para supilin ang heresy (or mga paniniwala or superstitious beliefs). Aktibo ang inquisition noon sa northern part ng Italia, at sa southern part ng France at gumagamit ito ng sobrang pagpapahirap (TORTURE) para paaminin ang isang pinaniniwalaang naniniwala sa mga heretics.
It is true that before humans became involved in agriculture, most people were hunter gatherers. Once the humans learned to cultivate and grow their own food, they started settling down in one place. That was the start of the civilization. Before that the humans were mostly nomadic and depended on hunter-gathering for their daily needs.
IT was the center of learning and knowledge, with Greek texts being discovered and imported by Arab scholars. Further, people like the Medici, who sponsored many artists during the Renaissance, were very wealthy, and able to pay people for works of art that they wanted commissioned.