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Period: 1265 to 1321
Dante
Italian philosopher, poet, writer and political thinker who authored “The Divine Comedy.” -
Period: 1343 to 1400
Geoffrey Chaucer
: English poet and author of “The Canterbury Tales.” -
Period: 1347 to 1353
The Black Death
The Black Death was a disease that was spread along trade routes westward to the Mediterranean and northenn Africa, that killed about 25 million people. Almost the 3rd of the continents population. -
Period: 1452 to 1519
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian painter, architect, inventor and “Renaissance man” responsible for painting “The Mona Lisa” and “The Last Supper. -
Period: 1466 to 1536
Desiderius Erasmus
Scholar from Holland who defined the humanist movement in Northern Europe. Translator of the New Testament into Greek. -
Period: 1469 to 1527
Niccolo Machiavelli
Italian diplomat and philosopher famous for writing “The Prince” and “The Discourses on Livy.” -
Period: 1473 to 1543
Nicolaus Copernicus
Mathematician and astronomer who made first modern scientific argument for the concept of a heliocentric solar system. -
Period: 1564 to
Galileo
Italian astronomer, physicist and engineer whose pioneering work with telescopes enabled him to describes the moons of Jupiter and rings of Saturn. Placed under house arrest for his views of a heliocentric universe. -
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Thomas Hobbes
English philosopher and author of “Leviathan.” -
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Rene Descartes
French philosopher and mathematician regarded as the father of modern philosophy. Famous for stating, “I think; therefore I am.”