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Opens the door to learning and discovery.
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the most powerful and enthusiastic patron of Renaissance culture in Italy.
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It marked the start of the "Gutenberg Revolution" and the age of the printed book in the West.
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Michelangelo decided to go against the current and portray his David BEFORE the battle. You can see in his face the concentration of him thinking how he’s going to do it, the rock hidden inside his right palm.
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nails a piece of paper to it containing the 95 revolutionary opinions that would begin the Protestant Reformation.
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was an English lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman, and noted Renaissance humanist
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came under the authority of the Pope. However, in 1534 King Henry VIII declared himself to be supreme head of the Church of England
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published just before his death, placed the sun at the center of the universe and argued that the Earth moved across the heavens as one of the planets.
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It is impossible to be certain the exact day on which he was born, but church records show that he was baptized on April 26, and three days was a customary amount of time to wait before baptizing a newborn
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the thermometer described in this article was not invented by him
