The grant by the Spanish crown to a colonist of the labor of a specific number of Indians for a set period of time. Burckhardt said that the Renaissance gave rise to new secular and scientific approaches causing a full, whole nature of man.. Most scholars today find this description exaggerated and accuse him of overlooking the continuity between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
Yosemite National Park (/joÊËsÉmáµ»ti/ yoh-SEM-it-ee) is a national park spanning portions of Tuolumne, Mariposa and Madera counties in Northern California.
Yosemite closes after violent flooding. YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, California (CNN) -- Winter storms and floods have forced officials to close the most popular section of Yosemite National Park through at least March 1. Park officials blamed washed-out roads, damaged buildings and broken sewer lines for the lengthy shutdown.