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The Reinassance began in the decades after the end of the black plague, in the years 1347- 1351. this plague devasted one half of the population of europe -
Italian painter, architect, inventor and “Renaissance man” responsible for painting “The Mona Lisa” and “The Last Supper.
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Mathematician and astronomer who made the first modern scientific argument for the concept of a heliocentric solar system.
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judicial institution ostensibly established to combat heresy in spain. the spanish inquisition served to consolidate power in the monarchy -
Painted as a result of the platonic Academy, one of the famous pieces of art during the Renaissance. -
it is the most famous painting in the world, and yet, when viewers manage to see the artwork up close, they are likely to be baffled by the small subdued portrait of an ordinary woman. -
the Pope and Venice formed an alliance and went on a counter-offensive. The League of Cambrai fell apart, leaving only France and Ferrara at war with Venice and the Pope.
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Elizabeth I contributed to the Renaissance in a couple of ways. She encouraged and funded expansion abroad, calmed the tensions between Protestants and Catholics through the Elizabethan Religious Settlement, and fostered a gradual acceptance of the Protestant Reformation that had begun during the Renaissance
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The King James Bible was produced towards the end of the Renaissance between 1608 and 1610 as an effort to reform the tension between the Puritans and the Church of England. -
The renaissance end in the 16th century. various events can be considered crucial to decline the renaissance