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Jan 1, 1300
Family During the Renaissance
Marriage was always arranged and was started at around the age of 2 or 3. This helped the family with protection and helped with the relationships to the people in the community. Source: Life during the Renaissance -
Jan 1, 1300
Man and Woman in Family
The man was in charge of all the money and made the decisions that may affect his families life. They had full power over their children until they have "released" them in front of a judge. Women would stay home and do house chores like cooking. Source: Life during the Renaissance -
Jan 1, 1300
Daily Life - Social Classes
The nobles are the highest class among the rest of society besides the king or ruler, they make up 2-3% of the population. The townspeople made up 7-13% of the population acting as the middle class. The lowest and poorest class being the peasants that made up 85-90% of the population. Source: Life during the Renaissance -
Jan 1, 1301
Catholic Church Pre-Reformation
Conflict between Kings and popes were a common conflict. The king would tax monks or threaten to. This happened in 1301 and the pope threatened to excommunicate the King of France. The pope was then arrested but later released. Martin Luther and Reformation Slide -
Jan 1, 1350
Patrons of the Arts
People who were patrons were people that would give benefits to something. Patrons of the Arts were people that funded artists and kept them going. http://www.history.com/topics/renaissance-art -
Jan 1, 1401
Renaissance Art and Artists
Around 1401 to 1490 was the earlier stages of art. Many people were getting into art to make profits off of their works. Artists would take days, months, and even years to make some of their works. http://www.history.com/topics/renaissance-art -
Jan 1, 1401
Renaissance Art and Arists
Art was a way to express yourself through an image. People would sometimes relate their work to their lives and create images that represented something they love. http://www.history.com/topics/renaissance-art -
Jan 1, 1434
Renaissance Art and Artists
Some famous Artists like Lorenzo Medici were made a huge impact on art with their paintings. Today Lorenzo is seen as one of the best artists and has many monuments to remember him by. http://www.history.com/topics/renaissance-art -
Jan 1, 1475
Renaissance Art and Artists
Another great artist in the Renaissance was Michelangelo, he changed the way people looked at art after he started drawing on the human body and made massive works. He inspired many people and amazed them with sculptures he created. http://www.history.com/topics/renaissance-art -
Period: Nov 10, 1483 to Feb 18, 1546
Martin Luther's Life
The man who went up aginst the church and disagreed with the ways that the church ran, suppose to go by the ways of the bible. Created the 95 theses and made them public for the world to copy and produce in other places around the country. He eventually started his own church and was the leader of Lutheranism. He was very disagreeing on the use of indulgences, people were to earn salvation for free. http://www.christianitytoday.com/history/people/theologians/martin-luther.html -
Jan 1, 1490
Catholic Reformation Pre-Reformation
The church was also criticized by Luther on how you can buy your way up in the church. Pope or any high ranking is dependent on the money you pay to the church. Luther wanted this to end, he didn't want someone to have the power to interpret the bible through himself. Martin Luther and Reformation Slide -
Jan 1, 1500
Catholic Church Pre-Reformation
The church tricked their people into giving them money through the selling of indulgences. The people later started to rebel and cause the sale of these items to go down. Martin Luther and Reformation Slide -
Jan 1, 1500
Patrons of the Arts
Luther was a patron of the arts, he bought many paintings from famous artists, He looked up to Leo most of the time and was even compared to him. http://www.history.com/topics/renaissance-art -
Jan 1, 1500
95 Thesis Work
Martin Luther created the 95 thesis after he learned what the church was doing to the citizens and taking their money. The 95 thesis is a list of complaints about the church and all their wrongs. Martin Luther and Reformation Slide -
Jan 1, 1515
Protestant Reformation
Martin Luther wanted to talk to the church and discuss the topic of salvation. He wanted to talk to the church on how to reach salvation the right way, how the bible states to. Martin Luther and Reformation Slide -
Jan 1, 1517
Protestant Reformation
Martin Luther, after years of debate with the church was excommunicated and decided to make his own church. This religion that he started was very similar to Christianity but made sure there were no indulgences and he had bibles to give to people to read. Martin Luther and Reformation Slide -
Jan 1, 1517
Protestant Reformation
Martin believed that the bible was the only source of truth. People could read and understand the bible themselves when they converted to Lutheranism. Martin did not make the poor pay for indulgences and salvation. Martin Luther and Reformation Slide -
Nov 1, 1517
Stand up to Indulgences
On All Saint's Eve of 1517, Luther made a stand to Tetzel who was selling indulgences to people for the church. Luther did not like the idea of indulgences and continued to debate over the topic towards the church. Luther thought that these items were misleading to the poor people and thought it was wrong because these were the churches own people that they were taking advantage of. Site: http://www.christianitytoday.com/history/people/theologians/martin-luther.html -
Jan 1, 1519
Printing Press Spreads Martin's Works
The idea of the printing press led to the greater spread of Luther's ideas on the church. The Printing press was a machine that was able to print off more papers faster. It was almost like a stamp and the process of making the machine started in the year 1436. Martin Luther's writing had reached both England and Italy by 1519. -
Nov 1, 1520
On Christian Liberty
This book had the idea that anyone can freely and/or willingly serve god. He looked at himself and others as "fully forgiven children of god". He did not believe that being excommunicated was a big deal because he didn't see eye to eye with the church in the first place. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Freedom_of_a_Christian -
Period: Jan 1, 1524 to Jan 1, 1525
Peasant's War
This was a war that was caused by the poor people that stood up to the selling of indulgences and ways of the church. They twisted Martin Luther's words to make the war seem like that's what he wanted to happen when in reality Martin just wanted to stop the selling of indulgences with peace. https://www.britannica.com/event/Peasants-War -
Jan 1, 1534
The Luther Bible
After Luther has made his church and started his own religion he set off and pursued his writing. He made a work named "The Luther Bible". This was the bible that he wanted his followers to read as well, to lead a good life. http://www.christian-history.org/martin-luther-bible.html -
Period: Jan 1, 1564 to
Galileo's Life
Galileo was an astronomer that had made many important discoveries. He made discoveries like the rings of Saturn and many dwarf planets. He was also a mathematician and philosopher. http://www.space.com/15589-galileo-galilei.html -
Astronomy
Many different astronomers made important contributions to the discoveries. Kepler and Galileo were two that changed history during this time. They found more information on the stars and sky. http://www.livescience.com/55230-renaissance.html -
Galileo's Pendulum
The pendulum was like a clock, it relied on gravity to keep it going. The pendulum would swing back and forth as the clock turned. The pendulum was used as a experiment where it was discovered the objects follow the same path though the air. http://www.cs.rhul.ac.uk/~adrian/timekeeping/galileo/
