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PARIS FROM 1500 - 1789: The city becomes a European capital The Italian Renaissance, the Protestant Reformation and the discovery of the routes to India and America put an end to the Middle Ages as new perspectives opened for Europeans. The Renaissance and the Reformation were felt very strongly in Paris. The French Renaissance was born partly in Paris, and the Reformation forced Parisians to choose a camp according to their conscience. Horizons continued to widen in the course of three centuries because all the continents established links: from the middle of the 17th century the presence of the court in Paris permitted the birth of an elite culture which was echoed in all the European courts. This period was troubled, like the Middle Ages, but Paris had acquired such an importance that the fortunes of the king and of the kingdom were frequently played out in the city. The power was more and more concentrated there, which also caused the French kings to mistrust the City.