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Period: Dec 28, 1350 to Dec 28, 1500
The Renaissance
You will journey through the Renaissance. It will have imporant and events. -
May 28, 1438
Humanists
The humanists are Italian scholars that studyed Greek and Romen literature.The first one was Francesco Petrarch (PEE-trahrk). -
Dec 28, 1520
Reformation of the Church
The reformation of the Church is when the church started to break up. The causes is humanists and groups of people started questioning the Church. Marthin Luther was a major person who did it. -
Dec 28, 1534
Counter-Reformation
The counter-Reformation was the tatics of the Church to stop reformation. The Pope Paul III worked to revive a spiritual out of the Catholic Church. In 1559 the Index of Forbidden Books was estsablished. -
Apr 28, 1540
Northern Renaissance Writers
The Renaissance had important writers in that time. Two of the important writers was Desiderius Erasmus abd Thomas More. They made very good stories. -
Dec 28, 1545
The Council of Trent
The council was for to end the abuse that surround the church in sale of indulgences and make discipline of the clergy.The council met during three different time periods. -
Dec 28, 1560
William Shakespeare
Shakespeare was the greatest playwrite of his time. He made great masterpieces. Some of his work is Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, and Macbeth. -
Calvinism
Calvinism was a break away of the church. The person who started it was Hulodrych Zwingli.. He later died then John Calviun made the Calvin's church. -
Belief in witchcraft
The church did not like witchcraft.The wicth hunting started in mid 1500's to stop witch craft. They used to kill witches. -
Daily life
The people used to live in towns and have alots of fights. The village people used to fight of the reformation -
standard of living
The standard of living was factors of the evironment, health, homelife, and woking coditions. Peasants made up 85 to 90 percent of the population.