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Period: 1301 to 1399
Italian Renaissance
- Artistic and Philosophical movement, renewed interest in greek and roman lit. and life
- Advanced in art and science
- Italian city-states became rich through trade and industry
- Italian scholars looked to Greek and roman literature
- Grammar, history, poetry, rhetoric
- Humanist beliefs conflicted with religious beliefs
- Depicted people like Greek gods in their paintings
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Period: 1394 to 1460
Prince Henry the Navigator
Sponsored explorations. -
Period: 1401 to 1500
Northern Renaissance
- They believed they could mix christian and classical ideas
- Reflect ideas of christian humanism
- Emphasized the bible
- Depicted imperfect people
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1440
Johannes Gutenburg
Invented the first printing press. -
Period: 1492 to 1501
Christopher Columbus
Completed 4 voyages across the Atlantic -
1497
Vasco da Gama
Discovered sea route to India. -
1501
Michelangelo
Created statue of David. -
1503
Leonardo Da Vinci
Painted the Mona Lisa. -
1509
Desiderius Urasmus
Wrote the Praise of Folly. -
1517
Martin Luther
Nailed the 95 Theses to the church doors. -
1517
95 Theses
Martin Luther nails 95 Theses to church doors -
Period: 1517 to
Reformation
- Reformation in England Germany, England, and France
- Germany → made up of several states
- German Princes- Converts to Protestantism
- Anglican Church is formed then becomes state religion under Elizabeth I
- France remained catholic while ⅓ of nobles (a.k.a. Huguenots) are Calvinism
- Counter Reformation/Council of Trent
- Church needed clearly defined doctrines and calls a meeting in Trent (met 3 times in 1545-1563)
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1519
Ferdinand Magellan
First man to circumnavigate the world. -
1519
Hernan Cortes
Invaded Mexico and conquered the Aztec people and stole their belogings -
1534
Henry VIII
Formed the Anglican Church. -
1534
St. Ignatius de Loyola
Formed the society of Jesuits -
1534
Jacques Cartier
First European to describe and map the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. -
1540
Francisco Pizarro
Led men on an expedition to the Incan Empire (Peru) -
1543
Nicolaus Copernicus
Created the Heliocentric Theory. -
Period: 1550 to
Scientific Revolution
Emergence of modern science during early modern period -
1577
Francis Drake
First English captain to circumnavigate the world -
Elizabeth
Defeated the Spanish Armada. -
William Shakespeare
Wrote his very first play, Henry VI, Part One -
Edict of Nantes
Edict of Nantes was started by King Henry IV -
Miguel de Cervantes
Wrote the novel Don Quixote. -
Johannes Kepler
Discovered the laws of planetary motion -
Galileo Galilei
Invented the first telescope. -
William Harvey
Studied blood circulation and the heart. -
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30 Years War
One of the most destructive conflicts in human history. -
John Calvin
Spread Calvinism. -
Charles I
Led troops to arrest Parliament. -
Oliver Cromwell
Defeated King Charles and became leader. -
Period: to
English Civil War
- England early 1600’s
- Puritans in parliament try to take power from king and charles the first leads troops to arrest parliament
- Kings/nobles vs. Parliaments/Puritans (led by Oliver Cromwell)
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Period: to
Absolute Monarchies
1643 -1715 france was ruled by king louis XIV
17th century was known as the Age of louis XIV
1713-1786 Prussia was ruled by Frederick
Frederick defeated the silesia and austrians
1682-1725 Russia was ruled by Peter the great
Peter enlarged and made the russian army into a professional unit -
Thomas Hobbes
Wrote The Leviathan. -
Charles II
Restored monarchy after Cromwell died. -
Isaac Newton
Invented the laws of gravity and motion. -
Louis XIV
Built Versailles -
Louis XVI
Built the palace of Versailles. -
Period: to
Glorious Revolution
Unpopular method of rule, economic distress, nationalism, enlightenment ideas, social injustice,and religious intolerance are all reasons leading up to the revolt
James II becomes king after Oliver cromwell. Parliament fears he could start a line of catholic rulers so they ask William and Mary of Orange to take the throne
Government becomes a constitutional government -
William and Mary
Replaced king James II on the throne. This played into the Glorious Revolution. -
John Locke
Wrote The Two Treatises of Government. -
Period: to
Peter the Great
Brought Russia out of the medieval times -
Baron de Montesquieu
Wrote The Spirit of Laws. -
Voltaire
Wrote Candide. -
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Wrote The Social Contract. -
Period: to
French Revolution
- July 14, 1789- Storming of Bastille
- August- Declaration of the rights of man
- October-women complain to the king and parliament completes new constitution of 1791
- 1793- Robespierre starts the Reign of terror
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Period: to
Napoleon Bonaparte
Emperor of the French and had many successful campaigns. -
Eugene Delacroix
Painted Liberty Leading The People
