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Period: Sep 26, 1276 to Sep 26, 1337
Giotti
Italian painter and architect--led the way in the use of realism -
Period: Sep 26, 1304 to Sep 26, 1374
Petrarch
Father of the renaissance -
Period: Sep 26, 1350 to Sep 26, 1550
Italian Renaissance
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Period: Sep 26, 1386 to Sep 26, 1466
Donatello
Revived the classical figure with his "Michael" bronze statue -
Period: Sep 26, 1394 to Sep 26, 1460
Henry the navigator
Largely responsible for Portuguese overseas exploration -
Period: Sep 26, 1400 to Sep 26, 1500
Northern Renaissance
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Period: Sep 26, 1420 to Sep 26, 1500
Age of Portuguese Exploration and Expansion
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Period: Sep 26, 1452 to Sep 26, 1519
Leonardo DaVinci
Most famous renaissance man--genius in many topics of study. Many unfinished pieces of art and inventions. Artworks include the Mona Lisa, Last Supper, virgin on the Rocks. -
Sep 26, 1453
Ottoman conquest of Constantinople
Inspired european-muslim tension for centuries; also blocked available trading routes -
Sep 26, 1455
Gutenberg invents the Printing Press
Spread ideas during the Enlightenment, as well as Reformation. Increased literacy and European basis of ideas. -
Period: Sep 26, 1465 to Sep 26, 1519
Teztel
Influential priest of the Catholic Church during the reformation, supported indelgences -
Period: Sep 26, 1469 to Sep 26, 1527
Machiavelli
Political theorist who wrote the controversial "The Prince" -
Period: Sep 26, 1475 to Sep 26, 1564
Michelangelo
La Pieta, Sistine Chapel, Statue of David, Last Judgement -
Period: Sep 26, 1483 to Sep 26, 1520
Raphael
Famous florentine artist, painted church frescoes and portraits. Emphasized the importance of imitating nature and developing an orderly sequence of design and proportion. -
Period: Sep 26, 1483 to Sep 26, 1546
Martin Luther
Priest who criticized the Catholic Church and began the Protestant formation, and counter-reformation with his 95 Theses -
Period: Sep 26, 1484 to Sep 26, 1531
Ulrich Zwingli
Important early reformer of religion. Convinced that Christian Life rested on the Scriptures -
Period: Sep 26, 1485 to Sep 26, 1509
Henry VII
Tudor King that worked to establish a central monarchy and a unified nation-state in England during the Middle Ages. -
Period: Sep 26, 1491 to Sep 26, 1556
Ignatius of Loyola
Founder of the Jesuits, religious leader during the Reformation -
Period: Sep 26, 1491 to Sep 26, 1547
Henry VIII
Tudor King after his father, King Henry VII -
Sep 26, 1492
Conquest of Granada, Expulsion of Jews, Columbus exploration
Spain's 3 major events, all in 1 year. -
Period: Sep 26, 1492 to
Age of Spanish Exploration and Expansion
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Period: Sep 26, 1494 to Sep 26, 1547
Francis I
King of France during the Renaissance -
Sep 26, 1495
French invade Italy
Divided city-states allowed for french invasion -
Period: Sep 26, 1500 to
Catholic (Counter-) Reformation
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Period: Sep 26, 1500 to Sep 26, 1558
Charles V
Ruler of the Holy Roman Empire -
Period: Sep 26, 1509 to Sep 26, 1564
John Calvin
Founder of Calvinism -
Sep 26, 1510
Raphael paints "School of Athens"
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Sep 26, 1513
Machiavelli writes the Prince
Height of Enlightenment idea-- proposed a revolutionary political way of thinking -
Period: Sep 26, 1515 to Sep 26, 1582
Teresa of Avila
Spanish mystic, saint, Carmelite nun, and reformer of the Carmelite Order -
Sep 26, 1517
Luther writes the 95 Theses
Reformation-- criticized Catholic church, led to Protest reformation -
Period: Sep 26, 1517 to Sep 26, 1555
Growth of Lutheranism
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Period: Sep 26, 1534 to Sep 26, 1550
Growth of Calvinism
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Sep 26, 1543
Copernicus writes "On the Revolutions of Heavenly Bodies"
Scientific revolution -
Period: Sep 26, 1545 to Sep 26, 1563
Council of Trent
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Sep 26, 1555
Peace of Augsburg
First permanent legal basis for the existence of Lutheranism -
Sep 26, 1556
Charles V abdicates
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Defeat of the Spanish Armada
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Edict of Nantes passed by Henry IV
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Elizabeth I of England dies
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Beginning of the 30 Years' War
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Charles I is executed, Cromwell comes to power in England