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The renaissance

By franAM2325
  • Period: 1350 to 1500

    Two political events of the historical period

    During the late medieval and Renaissance periods, however, monarchs began to wield more power and influence.
  • 1425

    Historical beginning of the renaissance

    Historical beginning of the renaissance
    The Early Renaissance period saw the invention of the printing press by Gutenberg, the influx of Byzantine scholars into Italy after the fall of Constantinople, and the rapid increase of new art and architecture throughout Northern Italy
  • 1453

    One cultural event

    One cultural event
    These include the fall of Constantinople in 1453 to the Ottoman Turks which marks the end of the Byzantine Empire; the discovery of the New World in 1492 ushering in the age of exploration; the Protestant Reformation; the invention of printing press by Johannes Gutenberg around 1440; and the revival of classical Greek
  • 1527

    The end of the historical period of the renaissance

    The end of the historical period of the renaissance
    he Holy Roman emperor, Charles V, conquers Rome, ending the Renaissance as a unified period in Italy.
  • 1543

    One cultural event

    One cultural event
    The Copernican revolution and the invention of the printing press marked important new chapters in scientific study and communications. To many scholars and thinkers of the period, however, the Renaissance was primarily a time of the revival of Classical learning and wisdom after a long period of cultural decline.