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  • Printing press started to soar!
    Feb 26, 1475

    Printing press started to soar!

    The printing press took of in Germany, England, France, Italy, and several Euorpean countries. It gave large audiancess and spread new humanist ideas
  • Michelangelo starts to paints the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
    Feb 26, 1508

    Michelangelo starts to paints the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel

    Michelangelo was a brilliant painter. The painting of the Sistine Chaple took 4 years to complete and anlong with many other projects.
  • Henry VII becomes the ruler of England.
    Feb 26, 1509

    Henry VII becomes the ruler of England.

    Henry VII created the Church of England. He did this because he wanted to divorse his wife and the Catholic church would not let him do so. This caused him to make his own Chruch where he could get divorsed.
  • Niccolo Machiavelli wrote the essay The Prince.
    Feb 26, 1513

    Niccolo Machiavelli wrote the essay The Prince.

    Sought to describe governmant. He argues that a ruler should be concerned only with power and political sucess.
  • Thomas More published Utopia.
    Feb 26, 1516

    Thomas More published Utopia.

    He contrasted life in Europe with his descriptions of an imaginary, Ideal society. The word Utopia has come to mean "Ideal place or society".
  • Baaldassare Castiglione published The Book of the Courtier
    Feb 26, 1528

    Baaldassare Castiglione published The Book of the Courtier

    The book of the Courtier engaged in fictional conversations. This explained how gentlemen and gentlewomen should act by being polite in society
  • Feb 26, 1530

    Catholic Church started Counter-Reformation.

    This began as an attempt to return the church to an emphasis on spiritial matters. It also allowed the churchto make it's doctrines more clear.
  • John Calvin formulated and published The Institutes of Christian Religon.
    Feb 26, 1536

    John Calvin formulated and published The Institutes of Christian Religon.

    It was clear and set of strong beliefs. It explainedexactly what the faith should believe on every major religous questiom.
  • Feb 26, 1559

    Pope Paul IV established the Index of Forbidden Books

    Catholics were banned from reading the listed books. These were considered harmfull to faith or morals.
  • King Henry IV issued the Edict of Nantes.

    The proclamation gave the Huguenots freedom of worship. It also gave some political rights.