This was despite a turbulent and generally disastrous period in Italian politics, in the course of which most of Italy was carved up by the major European powers. The European Renaissance began in Tuscany (Central Italy), and centred in the city of Florence. It later spread to Venice, where the remains of ancient Greek culture were brought together, providing humanist scholars with new texts.
(Redirected from Anne Hathaway (actress)) Anne Jacqueline Hathaway (born November 12, 1982) is an American actress and singer. Her breakthrough debut film role was as Mia Thermopolis in the Disney comedy The Princess Diaries (2001).
[Source] Emma Thompson (born 15 April, 1959) is an Emmy, BAFTA and two time-Academy Award-winning English actress, comedian, and screenwriter. She is also a patron of the Refugee Council. She plays Sybill Trelawney in the Harry Potter films. She was formerly married to Kenneth Branagh who played Gilderoy Lockhart in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Emma shares the same birthday (15 April) and name with her Harry Potter co-star Emma Watson (Hermione Granger).