this was the question i asked "What was Jacob Burkhardt's interpretation of the Renaissance?
What did others say to his beliefs?"

this was the asnwer i got


Can someone paraphrase this? ""His work was accepted as demonstrating that the shift from corporate medieval society to the modern spirit occurred in "Renaissance" Italy in the 14th and 15th century and, to a great extent, moulded the modern concept of the European Renaissance as a necessary and positive break with the outlook and society that preceded it.""
it baffles me.