The term "renaissance" means rebirth and is usually  associated with cultural revival. While the most famous is the Italian  Renaissance, primarily of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, there  were both earlier ones (the Northumbrian and Carolingian Renaissances)  and later (the Northern Renaissance). The fuel for these cultural  explosions was frequently the interactions of diverse cultures. In the  English Northumbrian Renaissance, for instance, Christian, Irish,  Anglo-Saxon, and Roman cultures cross-pollinated to produce a true  flowering of artistic and intellectual life in the 700s CE. With such  interchange in mind, answer the following prompt(s).

How  did the rediscovery of the works of ancient Greece and Rome influence  European philosophy, art, and scientific inquiry during the Renaissance  era? Where were many of these works found and why? What long term  effects did it have on cultural and intellectual life in Europe?