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Feb 25, 1450
Johannes Gutenberg
Was thought bby the scholars that he was the first Eurpean to use movabe type to print books. He used the prrinting press to print copies of the Bible -
Feb 25, 1475
Printing Press
Became operating in England,France,Germany,Italy, and several other european nations. The books they printed with the press helped the spread of new humanist ideas. -
Feb 25, 1513
The prince
This was was an essay written by Niccolo Machiavelli. In the essay he talked wanted to describe the way the government actually worked -
Feb 25, 1516
Utopia
This was a book written by Thomas More. This book talked about how private ownership of property causes unnecessary conflicts between people. -
Feb 25, 1521
Pope Leo X
He declared Luther was a heretic. He also excommunicated Luther. -
Feb 25, 1534
Jesuits
Ignatius de Loyola founded the Jesuits. The jesuits was the society of jesus. -
Feb 25, 1536
John Calvin
He formulated a set of religous beleifs. These were called The Institutes of the Christian Religion. -
Feb 25, 1545
Pope Paul III
He sommened chcurch leaders to the Italian city of Trent. He did this because he wanted to define the offical church position on matters of doctrine. -
Feb 25, 1559
Pope Paul IV
He came up with another way of combating. He also established the Index of Forbidden Books. -
King Henry IV
He issued the Ediict of Nantes. This proclamation he made gave the hunguents freedom of worship and some political rights.