Complex Sentences ...
1. They aimed, like the Greeks before them, to create an ideal form of beauty based on nature.
2. The fourteenth century had not only produced great writers such as Petrarch and Dante but also was simply the richest city; its central position made it a major trading and industrial city. Florence was also the scene modern banking and accounting.
3. There was greater social mobility than before with many opportunities for individuals to go up (and down) socially.
4. There were poets such as Donne and Spenser but the main explosion of creativity was centred around the theatre.
5. It was growing rapidly, attracting thousands from the countryside, such as the young William Shakespeare from Stratford.