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Johannes Gutenberg was said to be the first European to use a movable type of printer to print books. He used the printing press to make copies of the Bible.
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English law forbids commoners to wear gold or purple. Those colors are reserved for royalty.
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Michelangelo finished the Sistine Chapel ceiling. It took 4 years to paint the ceiling 68 feet above the ground.
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Niccolo Machiavelli wrote this essay. It was to describe the government not in terms of the lofty ideas but in the way it actually operated.
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These theses were posted by Martin Luther. He posted these theses or statements about the indulgences in the church.
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Baldassare Castiglione publishes this book. The book was fictional but written to show how gentlemen and gentlewomen were to act in a polite society.
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John Calvin published this book to explain what the faithful should believe in. This code united Calvinists against opposition and persecution.
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Pope Paul III recognized the Jesuits as an official order of the Catholic Church. The Jesuits were only founded 6 years earlier by Ignatius Loyola.
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In this year, the Council of Trent was summonded to the city of Trent. Their goal was to reform the church from within.
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The Catholic Church printed this book which is list of books banned from the church. The books were banned due to their criticism of the church.
