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1400
Humanism
Humanism is the belief that there is no such thing as supernatural matters. It focuses on the potential value and goodness in humans. -
1400
Printing Revolution
“Movable-type printing” is a way to reproduce written material, usually on paper, by first forming upraised letters or other figures on small blocks called types. A printer arranges the types within a frame on a press to form words and then prints a page of writing. The printing revolution was started by Johann Gutenberg. Gutenberg used trial and error to adapt a coin-maker’s punch to make a mold for casting types, using just the right alloy of metals. -
1405
Perspective
Renaissance culture fostered a renewed interest in science, math, philosophy, and art. Interestingly, all of these subjects are combined in linear perspective, which uses geometric lines and a vanishing point to give the illusion of depth and space to painting. The great painters of the time were using the system first created by Brunelleschi to wonderful effect. -
Apr 15, 1452
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo was a Renaissance painter most known for "The Last Supper" and the "Mona Lisa". He is also known for his inventions of the "Flying Machine", the "Parachute", and "Scuba Gear". All of these inventions and paintings are important because today we can look back on them and some of them we still use. -
Feb 26, 1468
Pope Paul III
He was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of Papal States. He was a noble and was the last of the Renaissance popes and the first of the Counter- Reformation. He was the first to take measures in response to Protestantism. Paul also patronized the newly founded Jesuits the great agents of the Counter Reformation. -
May 3, 1469
Machiavelli
He was an Italian diplomat, politician, historian, philosopher, writer, playwright, and poet for the Renaissance era. He is best known for writing The Prince. He also wrote On the Art of War and the Mandrake. After failing to form a militia against the Medici family, Machiavelli was tortured, jailed, and banished from an active role in political life. -
Aug 27, 1469
Erasmus
He was the greatest scholar of the northern renaissance, and the first editor of the New Testament. He wrote the dialogue for Julius exclusus e coelis. He enjoyed writing and painting about human nature. He was a dutch philosopher and was even a priest. -
Mar 6, 1475
Michelangelo
Michelangelo, was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet of the High Renaissance. Michelangelo was an apprentice to a painter before studying in the sculpture gardens of the powerful Medici family.He studied under famous sculptor Bertoldo di Giovanni there and exposed himself to many of the great artists of past centuries, Giotto, Masaccio, Donatello, as well as the masterpiece antiquities of ancient Greece and Rome: works that were held in Medici's vast collection. -
Feb 7, 1478
Thomas More
Thomas is most known for hi book Utopia written in 1516 and for his death in 1535 after refusing to acknowledge King Henry VIII. More is noted for coining the word "Utopia," in reference to an ideal political system in which policies are governed by reason. More is noted for coining the word "Utopia," in reference to an ideal political system in which policies are governed by reason. -
Apr 6, 1483
Raphael
Raphael was an Italian painter. He is best known for his "Madonnas" including his Sistine "Madonna". His paintings are important to us because we can count them as a part of history that is still around. -
Nov 10, 1483
Martin Luther
He was a German professor of theology, composer, priest, monk, and a seminal figure in the Protestant Reformation. His writings were responsible for fractionalizing the Catholic Church and sparking the Protestant Reformation. Luther died on February 18, 1546. -
Jun 28, 1491
Henry VIII
Henry was the king of England. He is known for having for having six marriges. He spoke French, Spanish, Latin and some Italian and was a good musician. Henry played the lute and harpsichord well and could sing from sight. -
1517
Sale of Indulgences
An indulgence was a payment to the Catholic Church that purchased an exemption from punishment for some types of sins. Money had infested the indulgence system, and when Martin Luther wrote his 95 Theses in 1517 he attacked it. As the church attacked him back he developed his views, and indulgences were squarely in his sights. The church divided into fragments, many of which threw the indulgence system entirely out, and while they didn’t cancel the underpinnings, it was banned. -
Sep 7, 1533
Elizabeth I
Elizabeth was a long ruling queen of England, governing with relative stability and prosperity for 44 years. The Elizabethan era is named for her. During her reign, Elizabeth I established Protestantism in England; defeated the Spanish Armada in 1588; maintained peace inside her previously divided country; and created an environment where the arts flourished.During her first session of Parliament in 1559, she called for the passage of the Act of Supremacy. -
1545
Council of Trent
Prompted by the Reformation, the Council of Trent was highly important for its sweeping decrees on self-reform and for its dogmatic definitions that clarified virtually every doctrine contested by the Protestants. The 19th ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church, held in three parts from 1545 to 1563. -
Jan 22, 1561
Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon was an English Renaissance statesman and philosopher, best known for his promotion of the scientific method.Bacon served as attorney general and Lord Chancellor of England, resigning amid charges of corruption. He strove to create a new outline for the sciences, with a focus on empirical scientific methods—methods that depended on tangible proof—while developing the basis of applied science. -
1564
William Shakespeare
He was a famous poet and playwright, and actor. He wrote Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet , Hamlet, and Othello. He was an important member of the King's Men company of theatrical players from roughly 1594 onward. -
Feb 15, 1564
Galileo
Galileo was an astronomer, physicist and engineer, sometimes described as a polymath from Pisa. Galileo has been called the "father of observational astronomy", the "father of modern physics", the "father of the scientific method", and the "father of modern science". He is known for Kinematics, Analytical dynamics, Telescope, and Heliocentrism. -
Isaac Newton
Newton was an English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, theologian, and author who is widely recognised as one of the most influential scientists of all time, and a key figure in the scientific revolution. He is known for the invention of the laws of motion and the theory of gravity. -
Scientific Method
The scientific method is defined as a method of research in which a problem is identified, relevant data is gathered, a hypothesis is formulated from this data, and the hypothesis is empirically tested.
Ask a question
Gather information and observe (research)
Make a hypothesis (guess the answer)
Experiment and test your hypothesis
Analyze your test results
Present a conclusion
The scientific method is the cornerstone to modern science.
