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renaissance
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
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The improvement in Williams's fortunes paralleled the renaissance of Savannah's historic district.
p. 5.9

renaissance = a revival or renewed interest in something
One of them was Armstrong House, a monumental Italian Renaissance palazzo directly across Bull Street from the staid Oglethorpe Club.
p. 6.5 *

Renaissance = a period of European history known for a revival of intellectual and artistic achievement (14th through mid-17th centuries)
He was accused, openly and behind his back, of taking more credit than was really due him for the renaissance of Savannah.
p. 143.8 *

renaissance = a revival or renewed interest in something
The walls of his office were decorated with memorabilia of Adler's role in the remarkable renaissance of Savannah's historic district.
p. 145.8
Savannah's renaissance had crested, and a decline had begun.
p. 332.6

Definitions:

(1) (renaissance as in: a renaissance)
a revival or renewed interest in something
(2) (Renaissance as in: The Renaissance)
the period of European history known for a revival of intellectual and artistic achievement (14th through mid-17th centuries)

Named as an indication of a rebirth of certain classical ideas that had long been lost to Europe. It has been argued that the movement was strongly influenced by the rediscovery of ancient texts that had been forgotten by Western civilization, but were preserved in some monastic libraries and in the Islamic world, and the translations of Greek and Arabic texts into Latin.

Some historians have suggested that the term Renaissance is loaded and are suggesting the term Early Modern to replace it -- as Middle Ages has largely replaced Dark Ages for the period that preceded the Renaissance.
(3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
Less commonly, Renaissance can be used as part of a proper noun referring to a period of revival or renewed interest other than the European Renaissance.