ABSTRACT
This chapter talks about Renaissance, the era of awakening not only to past glory, but to fresh innovation and the root of the renaissance of science. In general, Renaissance delineates a period of revival of classical culture, paving the way for modernity: a complex process, promoting spontaneity, creativity, and beyond first and foremost, innovation. Innovations need appropriate institutions apt to develop and propagate them; during the Renaissance and the 16th century, innovations arose in many disparate fields, requiring diverse, flexible institutions. Individuals acted as institutions or created learned societies that eventually evolved into officially recognized academies. Humanism, like Renaissance, is a vague term used to label secular, at times mystic, thinking and approach, in contrast to universities' religious although more rational approach. During the 16th century, academies began to be officially recognized with related advantages and disadvantages. The 16th century became a golden age of the academies.
