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1094
Sales of indulgences
to pay money to forgive sins to spend less time in purgatory. The proceeds were to build St. Peters Bacilica, the Vatican, the largest Church building in the world -
1298
Humanism
system of education and mode of inquiry that originated in northern Italy during the 13th and 14th centuries and later spread through continental Europe and England -
1400
Inquisition
a judicial procedure that was used to combat heresy in early modern times a formal Roman Catholic judicial institution. Inquisito, a Latin term meaning investigation or inquest was a legal procedure that involved the assemblage of evidence and the prosecution of a criminal trial. -
Jun 24, 1400
Johan Gutenberg
he is known for having designed and built the first known mechanized printing press in Europe. In 1455 he used it to print the Gutenberg bible which is one of the earliest books in the world to be printed from moveable type -
1440
Printing Revolution
The arrival of mechanical movable type printing introduced the era of mass communication, which permanently altered the structure of society -
Jan 1, 1449
Lorenzo de Medici
Italian statesman the de facto ruler of the Florentine republic and the most powerful patron culture in italy. -
Apr 15, 1452
Leonardo de Vinci
he serves as a role model method to every aspect of life including art and music. Although he is best known for his dramatic and expensive artwork -
Oct 27, 1469
Erasmus
He is one of the leading activists and thinkers of the European renaissance His main activity was to write letters to the leading statesmen, humanists, printers, and theologians of the first three and a half decades of the sixteenth century -
May 21, 1471
Albrecht Durer
He is a painter, printmaker, and a writer generally regarded as the greatest German renaissance artist. His painting and engravings show the Northern interest in detail and Renaissance efforts to represent the bodies of humans and animals accurately -
Feb 7, 1478
Thomas More
he was born in London and studied to become a lawyer Recognized for his great intelligence impartiality and wisdom he rose through the ranks of Parliament and earned King Henry VIII's favor until he became Lord Chancellor in 1529. -
Apr 6, 1483
Raphael
He is one of the most talented painters oof the Italian renaissance His work is admired for its clarity of form and ease of composition and for its visual achievement of the Neoplatonic ideal of human grandeur. He was also a popular architect during his lifetime -
Jul 2, 1489
Thomas Cranmer
He put in the English bible in parish churches drew up the book of common prayers and composed a litany that remains still in use today -
Oct 23, 1491
Ignatius of Loyala
he was a Spanish priest and theologian who founded the Jesuit order in 1534 and was one of the most influential figures in the Counter Reformation. -
Jul 10, 1509
John Calvin
He is known for his influential Institutes of the Christian Religion which was the first systematic theological treatise of the reform movement. He stressed the doctrine of predestination, and his interpretations of Christian teachings known as Calvinism, are characteristic of Reformed churches. -
1545
Council of Trent
the formal Roman Catholic reply to the doctrinal challenges of the Protestant Reformation. It served to define Catholic doctrine and made sweeping decrees on self-reform -
Apr 23, 1564
William Shakespeare
He is an English playwright he is also a poet actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. -
Scientific Method
the process of objectively establishing facts through testing and experimentation. -
Martin Luther
He is a German theologian and religious reformer who was the catalyst of the 16th century Protestant Reformation