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1231
Inquisition
A judicual procedure and an instution that was established by the Papacy. In 1184 Pope Lucius III required bishops to make a judicial inquiry or inquisition. Then later renewed by the fourth Lateran Council in 1215. -
1400
Johan Gutenberg
Greman craftsman and inventor. He originated a method of printing. He created the printing press, a matal alloy and a new method of printing. -
1415
Perspective
Devised by Filippo Bruelleschi. It is a system of creating an illusion of depht on a flat surface. -
Apr 15, 1452
Leonardo da Vinci
He was known as the Renaissance Man. He had so many intrests, painting, sculpting,desigining court festivals and buliding things. He usually left many projects unfinished. Some very famous projects were "The Last Supper" and "The Virgin on the rocks". -
Oct 28, 1466
Erasmus
Dutch humanist. Greatest scholar if the northern Renissance, was also the first editor of the New Testament. Helped lay the groundwork for the historical-critical study of the past. -
May 3, 1469
Machiavelli
Italian diplomat, politician, historan, philosopher, writer, playwriter and poet. He was called the Father of modern political philosophy and political science. His most famous work of art is "The Prince". his family was very rich and popular in Italy. -
May 21, 1471
Albrecht Durer
He was a painter and print maker. He was called the greatest German Renaissance artist. He did alot of work like altarpieces and religous works, portraties, self portraties and copper engravings. -
1473
Scientific Method
A mathematical and expermimental technique employed in the sciences. Use in testing hypothesis. The sprocess of observing, questions, seeking answers by experiments. -
Feb 19, 1473
Copernicus
Polish astronomer who proposed that the planets have the sun as the fixed point to which their motions are to be referred; that Earth is a planet which besides orbiting the sun annually. -
Feb 7, 1478
Thomas More
He was an english himanist and statesman, chancellor of England. He is recignized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Curch. He was beheaded for refusing to accecpt King Henry of the church of England. -
Apr 6, 1483
Raphael
He was an Italian painter and architect. Best known for his Madonnas and for his large figure compositions in the Vatican. His father was an 16th century artist and biographer. -
Nov 10, 1483
Martin Luther
German theologian and religous reformer who was the catalyst Proastant Reformed certin basic tentets of Christian belief and resulted in the division of Western Christendom. -
Jul 2, 1489
Thomas Cranmer
The first Protestant archbishop of Canterbury. Adviser to the English Kings. He put the English Bible in parish churches, drew up the Book of Common Prayer. Denounced by the Catholic Queen Mary I for promoting Protestanism. -
Jul 10, 1509
John Calvin
French theologian. He was the leading French Protestant reformer. Also the most important figure in the second generation of the Protestant Reformation. -
Sep 7, 1533
Elizabethan I
Queen of England, during a period often called the Elizabethan Age, when England asserted itself vigorously as a major European power in politics, commerce, and the arts. -
1543
Heliocentric Theory
Amodel which the sun is asssumedd to lie at or hear a central point while the Earth and other bodies revolve around it. In the 5th century BC the Greek philosophers Philolaus and Hicetas thought Earth was a sphere revolving daily. -
1545
Council of Trent
Council of Roman Catholic Church held in three parts. Promoted by Reformation. It was highly important for its sweeping decrees on self-reform. The key part of the counter-reformation and played a vital role in revitalizing thr Roman Catholic Church in Europe. -
Rene Descartes
French mathematician, scientist, and a philosopher. Formulated the first modern version oh the mind-body dualism. He expressed in the dictum "I think, therefore I am". -
Isaac Newton
An English Physicist and mathematician who was the culminatind figure of the scientififc revolution of the 17th century. He discovered the white light and laid the foundation for modern physical optics. -
Humanism
From 1827-1891 Humanism was an intectual movement in Europe of and later Middle Ages and the Early Modern period. Originated in Northern Italy. Then spread through Erope and England.
