renaissance timeline,z.s,7

  • Period: 1347 to 1353

    black death

  • Period: 1452 to 1519

    leonardo divinchi

    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.
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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.”