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Inquisition
The Inquisition was a group of institutions within the Catholic Church who tried to investigate heresy and other things throughout the catholic church. -
Jul 20, 1304
Petrarch
Petrarch was born in Tuscany and became a poet and scholar in Italy. He is most famous for his writing of the Canzoiniere. He died in 1374 on July 19th. -
1395
Johan Gutenberg
Johan was a German Inventor who changed history by creating the printing press. This invention made it so you could get documents and other writings around the world a lot faster and more efficient. -
1400
Humanism
This was the study of past civilizations like ancient Greece and Rome also trying to make the world around them a better place. -
1436
Printing revolution
The printing revolution was started by the invention of the printing press because of this everyone was able to publish books faster and the common people now learned to read and information spread. -
Jan 1, 1449
Lorenzo de' Medici
Lorenzo was part of the Medici family who ran Florence and were patrons for artists. Which means they paid all of there living expenses and bought there art. -
Oct 27, 1469
Erasmus
Erasmus was one of the main writers and activists for the Renaissance and Humanist movements. He was the greatest northern scholar of the time. -
1471
Albercht Durer
Albrecht was a famous painter and artist. He made a lot of book covers. He trained as goldsmith at first and was an apprentice to his father. -
Mar 6, 1475
Michelangelo
Michelangelo was a famous sculptor and artist in Florence. He is most known for The Frescoes on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. He also sculpted David from the Bible in Florence. -
Feb 7, 1478
Thomas More
Thomas started by studying law then worked his way up through the ranks becoming Lord Chancellor of England. He was also a well known Philosopher. -
Apr 6, 1483
Raphael
Raphael was an artist and architect in Italy. He is best known for The Vatican and his Madonnas. He also helped design buildings. -
Nov 10, 1483
Martin Luther
Martin Luther was a a German Munk who did not like the way the catholic church was using indulgences and abusing power. He wrote the 95 theses to show what was wrong. -
Apr 2, 1489
Thomas Cranmer
Thomas Cranmer was the first protestant Archbishop he was appointed by king louis XIV to run the religion in England -
1491
Ignatius of loyola
He was a priest and theologian he started the Jesuit order in 1534 and influenced the Counter-Reformation. -
Apr 10, 1509
John Calvin
John Calvin was the founder of Calvinism which was a religion based off of Luthers 95 these but with some of his own twists. -
1540
Heliocentric Theory
This is the first theory that the Earth revolved around the sun and so di other planets. -
1545
Council of Trent
The Council of Trent was made to help the counter-reformation and was a Main part of it. -
Scientific method
This method started in the Renaissance when scientists started to rely on observations and hypothesis's to prove their theories.