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Feb 26, 1475
Printing press started to soar!
The printing press took of in Germany, England, France, Italy, and several Euorpean countries. It gave large audiancess and spread new humanist ideas -
Feb 26, 1508
Michelangelo starts to paints the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
Michelangelo was a brilliant painter. The painting of the Sistine Chaple took 4 years to complete and anlong with many other projects. -
Feb 26, 1509
Henry VII becomes the ruler of England.
Henry VII created the Church of England. He did this because he wanted to divorse his wife and the Catholic church would not let him do so. This caused him to make his own Chruch where he could get divorsed. -
Feb 26, 1513
Niccolo Machiavelli wrote the essay The Prince.
Sought to describe governmant. He argues that a ruler should be concerned only with power and political sucess. -
Feb 26, 1516
Thomas More published Utopia.
He contrasted life in Europe with his descriptions of an imaginary, Ideal society. The word Utopia has come to mean "Ideal place or society". -
Feb 26, 1528
Baaldassare Castiglione published The Book of the Courtier
The book of the Courtier engaged in fictional conversations. This explained how gentlemen and gentlewomen should act by being polite in society -
Feb 26, 1530
Catholic Church started Counter-Reformation.
This began as an attempt to return the church to an emphasis on spiritial matters. It also allowed the churchto make it's doctrines more clear. -
Feb 26, 1536
John Calvin formulated and published The Institutes of Christian Religon.
It was clear and set of strong beliefs. It explainedexactly what the faith should believe on every major religous questiom. -
Feb 26, 1559
Pope Paul IV established the Index of Forbidden Books
Catholics were banned from reading the listed books. These were considered harmfull to faith or morals. -
King Henry IV issued the Edict of Nantes.
The proclamation gave the Huguenots freedom of worship. It also gave some political rights.
