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1265
Dante
*Italian writer
*Best known for The Divine Comedy -
1340
The Renaissances
*Return of soldiers-crusaders
*Increase in food production
*Population
*Economics improve -
1483
Martin Luther
*Catholic Monk
*95 Thesis
*Excommunicated from church
*Lutherism started -
1500
Christian Humanism
*Simpler christian faith
*Erasmus -
1519
Counter-Reformation
*Pope Paul lll
*Council of Trent
*Looked at doctrine and practices -
1525
Anabaptists
*Believed in adult baptism
*No church hierarchy
*Anyone in the community could be ministers -
1534
England
*Henry vlll
*Wanted a male heir
*Act of supermacy -
1564
Shakespeare
*English playwright
*His plays are still preformed to this day -
1569
Machiavelli
*Italian philosopher
*Best known for The Prince -
Florence
*Dominated the region of Tuscany
*Becomes the culture and art center of time
*Artists and architects came for money
