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Period: 1096 to 1099
The Crusades
A series of religious wars initiated, supported, and sometimes directed by the Latin church in the medieval period. Some of the crusades were intended to recover Jerusalem and its surrounding area from Islamic rule. -
Period: 1347 to 1353
Black Death (Bubonic Plague)
The black death was a deadly disease spread by fleas that had fed on rats which boarded a ship heading to Europe where the outbreak started. Symptoms of the deadly disease included swellings in certain areas, purple and black spots on arms and legs, fever, headache, and muscle weakness. -
Period: 1400 to 1495
Early Renaissance
Classical Roman and Greek art and architecture informed by humanism, led by Brunelleschi whose works in architecture and the discovery of linear perspective informed the era, as well as the pioneering work of Donatello in sculpture and Masaccio in painting. -
Period: 1400 to
Age of Exploration
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1401
Italian painter Masaccio was born
The very first Great Italian painter Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Simone better known as Masaccio was born. Masaccio developed a fully naturalistic and dramatic style of painting which had led to one of his more famously known artworks he painted with Masolino, The Fresco Cycle located at Brancacci Chapel in Florence -
Period: 1495 to 1527
High Renaissance
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1515
Indulgences
Indulgences were pardons issues (forgiveness) by the pope that people could buy to reduce a souls time in Purgatory. Pope Leo X needed money to build St. Peter's Basilica so he sold indulgences. -
1517
Indulgences
Indulgences were pardons issued by the pope that people could buy to reduce a souls time in Purgatory. Pope Leo X needed money to build St. Peter's Basilica so he sold indulgences. -
Period: Oct 31, 1517 to 1555
The Reformation
A religious movement in the 1500's that split the Christian church in Western Europe and led to the establishment of a number of new churches. -
Period: 1527 to
Late Renaissance
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Period: 1543 to
Scientific Revolution
The emergence of modern science during the early modern period, when developments in mathematics, physics, astronomy, biology, human anatomy, and chemistry transformed views of society and nature.