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850 BCE
Invention #3: Firearms
During 850 A.D. China invented gunpowder. Nobody knows how it got to Europe. People say that the Europeans made their own and other people say that the Chinese brought it to them when trading. . Around 1620's the Flintlock was made by Marin le Bourgeoys. With this firearm, every country wanted to make their own weapons.
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1300
Daily life #1
Nobility was 2-3% of the total population, it was the top of the social classes. It was kings, queens and nobles, they held important political positions such as kings advisers. It is believed that nobles were born to have grace, character, and talent. You must be a fearless warrior, but also must be educated in the classics of Ancient Greece and Rome.
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1301
Daily life #2
The second rung on the social class ladder is the towns people.Townspeople made up 7-13% of the total population. There were four divisions. Patricians which were the people in the trade industry and banking. Burgher which were made up of “skilled workers” such as shopkeepers, artisans, and guild masters. The last group of people were the workers they pretty much helped keep the other divisions running. -
1303
Daily life #2
Peasants made up 85-90% of total population. They had the same jobs and responsibilities as Middle age peasants. They worked farmland for very poor wages if any at all. More peasants became legally free after the decline of the Manorial system in the late 1400s. -
1304
Literary works #2
Petrarch is perhaps best known for his Italian poetry such as the Canzoniere meaning songbook and the Trionfi (Meaning triumphs). But, Petrarch was a Latin scholar who did most of his writing in this language. His Latin writings include scholarly works, essays about himself, letters, and more poetry.
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1389
Patrons of the arts
To be a patrons to the arts you must very wealthy. What a patron of the arts was, the were people that gave money or supplies to artist so that they could paint or sculpt. They contributed to the arts. The man is the picture is Cosmo De Medidi who was one of if not biggest Patron of the arts -
1411
Renaissance Artist: Donatello
Donatello was another really famous sculptor, sculpting things such as "Zuccone", The Feast of Herod", and "Saint Mark". His most famous sculpture however is the sculpture of Saint Mark. The sculpture is located in Orsanmichele.
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1483
Martin Luther
Martin Luther was a German professor of theology, composer, priest, and monk, and played a big role in the Protestant Reformation. Luther rejected several teachings and practices of the Roman Catholic Church.In the sixteenth century, the world was unsure unsure about Martin Luther. One person thought Martin Luther was a "demon in the appearance of a man."
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1490
Invention 1: Oil Paints
Oil paints were made in 1490 by Jan Van Eyck. Oil painting replaced other painting styles because it was more versatile and you could do more stuff with it. It was more colorful and bright and people enjoyed it more.
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1501
Renaissance Artist: Michelangelo
It was in this year that Michelangelo started to sculpt one of his most famous sculptures,"David". This sculpture wasn't finished until 1504. At the Accademia Gallery, you can see the perfection of the most famous statue in Florence.
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1503
Renaissance Artist: Leonardo De Vinci
Leonardo De Vinci is arguably the best artist in history. He painted the Mona Lisa in 1503 which is still the most famous painting in the world to this day. He also painted the last supper in 1495 which is easily the most iconic painting in history. -
1509
Renaissance Artist: Raphael
Raphael had many paintings in his time put the most famous is "The school of Athens". Starting the painting in 1509 and finishing it in 1511. It is located in Raphael rooms in Italy.
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1516
Renaissance Artist: Titian
Titian is an artist most people do not know about because he hasnt painting to many memorable paintings. But out of the paintings he has done the most famous one is "The Assumption of the Virgin". This painting was painted in 1516.
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1517
Martin Luther
Acting on this belief, he wrote the “The 95 Theses,” a list of questions and propositions that were up for debate. Legend has it that on October 31, 1517 he nailed a copy of the 95 Theses to the door of the Wittenberg Castle church.
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1517
The Church Before the Protestant Reformation
Before the Protestant Reformation the church was selling Indulgences which was saying that you can buy your way into heaven. When Luther heard about this he was infuriated because it wasn't the right thing for a church to be doing. He didnt like the fact that everyone could go to heaven even if they didnt do good things. -
1517
The selling of indugences
The selling of indulgences was something that some people agreed with and some people didn't. The reason why some people didnt is because it wasnt fair to the people that have done all the things to get to heaven, just to watch someone pay to get in. The man who was selling these indulgences was a man named John Tetzel. -
1517
Myths About Indulgences: Martin Luther
One thing that many people believe with Indulgences is that you can in a way buy yourself out of hell. That is not 100% Correct. Yes you can save yourself from going to hell if you havent done anything punishable. https://www.catholic.com/tract/myths-about-indulgences -
1543
Scientific Discovery #1:
Nicolaus Copernicus was the man responsible for what some have called the “Copernican Revolution.” One of the most important discoveries in history was in astronomy. Copernicus placed the sun at the center of the universe. The previous system, the Ptolemaic system, was geocentric meaning that the earth was the center of the universe.
https://blogs.umass.edu/p139ell/2012/11/19/the-renaissance-and-the-scientific-revolution/ -
1571
Scientific discovery #2:
Johannes Kepler created Kepler’s laws of planetary motion. These laws include that the orbit of every planet is an ellipse with the Sun. That a line joining a planet and the Sun spreads out through equal areas during intervals of time. Kepler was one of the first to include the field of physics with the field of astronomy. This caused some controversy, but his ideas became more widely accepted after his death. -
Literary Works #3
Christopher Marlowe was a poet and playwright at the beginning of the 16th century. His works inspired William Shakespeare and generations of writers after. After 1587, Christopher Marlowe was writing for a theater in London. What is thought to be his first play, Dido, Queen of Carthage, was not published until 1594, but it is thought to have been written while he was still at Cambridge.
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Literary works #1
Edmund Spenser was one of if not the best author of his time. He wrote books such as Amoretti, Epithalamion, and Colin Clouts Come Home Againe. One of his most famous pieces was his book The Faerie Queene.
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Invention 2: Flush Toilet
The flush toilet to me is the most important invention of all time because its something that everyone uses. The toilet was made by Thomas Crapper in 1596. It was actually John Harrington that redesigned it originally for him and the queen. It wasn't till 200 years after that another one was made.
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Martin Luther: A New Church
Luther soon had many followers.His supporters were very loyal to him. Several german princes supported Luther. Lutherans and catholics continued to fight each other.The first wars ended with the treaty of augsburg, but fighting in Europe over religion continued to the mid-seventeenth century. -
Scientific discovery #3:
Galileo Galilei built on Copernicus’s work. Also was a believer in the heliocentric model, Galileo was placed under house arrest for much of his life because of his beliefs after a standing trial in Rome. In 1610, he published his book The Starry Messenger, which told about his discoveries of four of Jupiter’s moons, the roughness of the Moon’s surface, stars invisible to the eye, and differences between the appearances of planets and stars.
