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Period: 1300 to
Clothes
The men would wear a jerkin, doublet, upper hose, and plain black shoes. The women would wear a French hood, a cut line neckline, outer skirt, and an undercoat. The women had more of a warmer style than the men did. https://www.ducksters.com/history/renaissance/daily_life_in_the_renaissance.php -
Period: 1300 to
music
Music played a big part in religion and country life. New music genres and musical instruments were being developed at this time. The Burgundian court influence and attracted many musicians and composers all over Europe. https://www.ducksters.com/history/renaissance/daily_life_in_the_renaissance.php -
Period: 1300 to
food
The diet differed depending on if you were a peasant or a wealthy family. The peasants would eat whatever they could afford like bread rolls and very cheap meat if they could. The more wealthy people loved to have big feasts with fancy unique dishes. The poor drank water and the rich drank wine. https://www.ducksters.com/history/renaissance/daily_life_in_the_renaissance.php -
Feb 12, 1350
Giovanni Boccaccio impact
Giovanni Boccaccio was a very influential writer when he was alive. He wrote tales with political jokes that pulled in the readers. He wrote his first article feb 12 1350. https://www.history.com/topics/renaissance/medici-family -
May 30, 1381
peasants revolt
This was one of the first great popular rebellion in English history. It was a high attempt to collect unpaid taxes. this rapidly spread across the southeast of the country. May 30th was the starting day source
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1400
Match
The match is a very important invention. It was the first step of portable fire. Before the matching fire wasn't a popular as it was now. The start of a fire was the hard part to get down, but after the match was invented fire was easy/popular to come by.
https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-italian-renaissance-wealthy-patrons-art-power source
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1400
early literature
The first start of literature was in the early 14th century. When literature was completely developed it was in the late 17th century. before this, there were many more problems to think about than literature. https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-worldhistory/chapter/literature-in-the-renaissance/ -
1429
Giovanni di Bicci de' Medici
Giovanni di Bicci de' Medici was an Italian baker and started the Medici family. He was once believed to be the starter of the Renaissance. He was a patron of the arts and very interested in art. He died in 1429 due to age. https://medicidynasty.com/giovanni-di-bicci-de-medici-the-man-who-began-the-italian-renaissance/ -
1450
Alchemy
Alchemy was considered witchcraft. Their main focus was to make gold from other substances. The two main substances they used was mercury and sulfur. https://prezi.com/mifxnxefmfp-/scientific-discoveries-and-inventions-of-renaissance-era/ -
Apr 15, 1452
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian polymath of the Renaissance and took his work very seriously. He spent most of his time at drawing painting and sculpting. One of his most famous work was Mona Lisa. but on apr 15 he died and was missed by many. https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-worldhistory/chapter/literature-in-the-renaissance/ -
1467
Dante Alighieri
Dante Alighieri set the stage for the renaissance literature. In the early middle ages poetry was wrote in mostly latin, so he was very popular with his different work. His work was most famous towards the end of 1467. https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-hccc-worldhistory/chapter/the-church-during-the-italian-renaissance/ -
Feb 18, 1475
Michelangelo
Michelangelo was a sculpture and painter. He was also a poet of the High Renaissance. Michel was born the Republic of Florence and died Feb 18, 1564 source
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1495
The Last Supper
The Borgia and Sforza families funded Leonardo da Vinci to make the last supper. This painting took about 3 years to paint and was paid about every year, and finished in 1495. This is one of the most remembered artworks of the Renaissance. Source:
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1500
The church Reformation
This was a period of big religious changes. All of the major life events happened in the church birth, death, and marriage. Many people were very angry with the Catholic church before the reformation, but it changed everything. https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-worldhistory/chapter/literature-in-the-renaissance/ -
1500
medici family
The Medici family was one of the biggest families with patrons. They were all super passionate when it comes to the arts. Some of them focused on sculptures and other paintings. They were most active with the Arts during the 15th century https://www.history.com/topics/renaissance/medici-family -
1505
Martin Luther becoming a monk
In 1505 Martin was caught in a life threating storm. He got on his knees and told God if he saves him he will become a monk. This started his long hard journey of becoming a monk. https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-worldhistory/chapter/literature-in-the-renaissance/ -
Sep 30, 1517
95 thesis
Martin Luther made the 95 theses on October 30, 1517. It was a list of debatable questions and statements. This caused a big uprising and made the pope very mad. source
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1520
Procession of the Magi
Diana DePardo was an assistant professor at Bard College. This was at a private chapel so only the wealthy could see this. The painter was Michelangelo and he didn't ask for any money because he made his money from "banking" https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-worldhistory/chapter/literature-in-the-renaissance/ -
1525
Tomb of Lorenzo de Medici
The Medici family was a very wealthy family during the 15th century. They were very interested in expensive art. They once paid Michelangelo to make the Tomb of Lorenzo de Medici. Source:
https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-italian-renaissance-wealthy-patrons-art-power -
1534
Pope Alexander VI
Pope Alexander VI was one of the most popular people of the pope. When Luther made the attempt to reform the church he was not too fond of it. His Main role was to stop the spark of the reformation in 1534. https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-hccc-worldhistory/chapter/the-church-during-the-italian-renaissance/ -
1535
Astronomy
Galileo Galilei discovered the sun did not revolve around the Earth. His study was shut down many times because no one thought he was sane. Only because the old thought was that everything revolves around "God's greatest creation". https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-worldhistory/chapter/literature-in-the-renaissance/ -
1547
medicine studies.
During this time medicine was upgraded drastically. The old tactics were thrown away completely. Humans being dissected wasn't uncommon either. https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-worldhistory/chapter/literature-in-the-renaissance/ -
1560
Church impact
The church played a big part in the Renaissance. Everyone was impacted when the reformation of the church was taking place. The church paid for a lot of sculptures and paintings, and without the church, we wouldn't have all that art we have today. https://www.history.com/topics/renaissance/medici-family -
compound microscope
Hans Janssen was the man who is credited for inventing this. This was the first time the idea of putting glass in front of another piece to magnify an object. This helped a lot in the medical study during this time. source
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the flush toliet
The flush toilet was a big invention at this time. It made the environment much more healthy. Before it was invented waste was just in the streets. source
https://historyplex.com/renaissance-inventions
