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a judicial procedure that was used to combat heresy; in early modern times, a formal Roman Catholic judicial institution.
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He was a Italian scholar, poet, and humanist. -
Humanism is a progressive philosophy of life that, without theism or other supernatural beliefs, affirms our ability and responsibility to lead ethical lives of personal fulfillment that aspire to the greater good. Humanism is a rational philosophy informed by science, inspired by art, and motivated by compassion.
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German inventor of a method of printing from movable type.
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The arrival of mechanical movable type printing introduced the era of mass communication, which permanently altered the structure of society.
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He was the grandson of Cosimo De Madici he was the most brilliant out of the madici family. He was also an artest. -
He was a vegetarian who loved animals and despised war, yet he worked as a military engineer to invent advanced and deadly weapons -
indefatigable correspondent, controversialist, self-publicist, satirist, translator, commentator, editor, and provocateur of Renaissance culture. -
He was highly respected intellectual who wrote extensively on matters of law and theology. -
Raphael was one of the most talented painters of the Italian Renaissance. -
He was the first Protestant archbishop of Canterbury (1533–56), adviser to the English kings Henry VIII and Edward VI.
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King Henry VIII listens to Cardinal Wolsey too much and gives him power, which the Cardinal uses to convict a duke of treason.
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Queen Elizabeth I was the last monarch of the Tudor dynasty, who ruled England between 1558 and 1603. The daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth became Queen aged 25, at a time of political crisis. The 'Virgin Queen' never married, but instead pledged her body to England itself.
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a theory that places the Sun at the center of the Solar System.
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t met to define the doctrines of the Catholic Church. The idea was to lessen corruption of clergy members and abuses of power and finances.
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He was an English poet, playwriter, actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the worlds pre- eminent dramatist. -
the process of objectively establishing facts through testing and experimentation.
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a 16th-century monk and theologian, was one of the most significant figures in Christian history.