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Period: Jan 1, 1276 to Jan 1, 1337
Giotto
Italian, painter/artist, led the way in use of realism -
Period: Jan 1, 1304 to Jan 1, 1374
Petrarch
recovery of classical texts would bring about a new golden age of intellectual achievement, started the idea of humanism -
Period: Jan 1, 1350 to Jan 1, 1550
Italian Renaissance
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Period: Jan 1, 1386 to Sep 26, 1466
Donatello
sculptor, used classical figures with balance and self awareness -
Period: Jan 1, 1394 to Jan 1, 1460
Henry the Navigator
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Period: Jan 1, 1415 to Jan 1, 1519
Age of Portguguese Exploration and Expansion
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Period: Jan 1, 1452 to Jan 1, 1519
Da Vinci
Mona Lisa, labeled as Renaissance genius -
Jan 1, 1453
Ottoman takeover of Constantinople
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Jan 1, 1455
Gutenberg's Printing Press
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Period: Jan 1, 1457 to Jan 1, 1509
Henry VII
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Period: Jan 1, 1465 to Jan 1, 1519
Tetzel
German Dominican preacher known for selling indulgences -
Period: Sep 26, 1469 to Sep 26, 1527
Machiavelli
"the Prince" -
Period: Jan 1, 1475 to Jan 1, 1550
Northern Renaissance
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Period: Sep 26, 1475 to Sep 26, 1564
Michelangelo
Sistine Chapel, David -
Period: Jan 1, 1483 to Jan 1, 1520
Raphael
School of Athens -
Period: Jan 1, 1483 to Jan 1, 1546
Martin Luther
start of Protestant ideas -
Period: Jan 1, 1484 to Jan 1, 1531
Zwingli
important early reformer -- preached directly from the Bible -
Period: Jan 1, 1491 to Jan 1, 1556
Loyola
founded Jesuits -
Period: Jan 1, 1491 to Jan 1, 1547
Henry VIII
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Jan 1, 1492
3Spain3 (Granada conquered, Columbus, Expulsion of Jews)
Granada conquered, Columbus, Expulsion of Jews -
Jan 1, 1494
French Invades Italy
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Period: Jan 1, 1494 to Jan 1, 1547
Francis I
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Period: Jan 1, 1500 to
Reformation
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Period: Jan 1, 1500 to Jan 1, 1558
Charles V
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Period: Jan 1, 1509 to Jan 1, 1564
Calvin
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Jan 1, 1510
The School of Athens
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Jan 1, 1513
The Prince
Machiavelli -- ideal ruler -
Period: Jan 1, 1515 to Jan 1, 1582
Teresa of Avila
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Jan 1, 1517
95 Theses
Martin Luther -- against sale of indulgences -
Period: Jan 1, 1519 to
Age of Spanish Exploration and Expansion
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Period: Jan 1, 1521 to Jan 1, 1555
Growth of Lutheranism
1521-1526: Luther writes German bible (fondation for Lutheranism) 1555: Official Recongnition of Lutheranism -
Period: Jan 1, 1534 to Jan 1, 1563
Catholic Reformation/Counter-Reformation
1534: Pope Paul III, 1563: Council of Trent -
Period: Jan 1, 1541 to Jan 1, 1560
Growth of Calvinism
1541: Geneva established, 1560: John Knox persuades Scottish parliment to end papal authority -
Jan 1, 1543
Copernicus' "On the Revolutions of Heavenly Bodies"
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Period: Jan 1, 1545 to Jan 1, 1563
Council of Trent
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Jan 1, 1555
Peace of Augsburg
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Jan 1, 1555
Abdication of Charles V
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Defeat of the Spanish Armada
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Edict of Nantes passed by Henry IV
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Elizabeth I of England died
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Beginning of the 30 Years' War
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Charles I is executed and Cromwell came to power in England