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It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire and transitioned into the Renaissance and the Age of Discovery. The Middle Ages is the middle period of the three traditional divisions of Western history: classical antiquity, the medieval period, and the modern period. The medieval period is itself subdivided into the Early, High, and Late Middle Ages.
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An Italian from Florence, became known as the “father of Italian poetry.” He wrote the Divine Comedy. -
The most significant Middle English author who was active in the late 14th century. Father of English Literature. The Canterbury Tales was Chaucer's magnum opus. -
The English Renaissance was a cultural and artistic movement in England dating from the early 14th century to the early 17th century. Florence, Italy. Also known as "The age of Shakespeare".
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In Germany, goldsmith Johannes Gutenberg invented the movable-type printing press. -
(1452 – 1519). “First modern man”. Painter, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, and architect. -
(1473-1543) Copernicus proposed a heliocentric theory for the universe, placing the sun at its center. -
1475 – 1564. Architect, painter and sculptor. Painted the ceiling of the Sistine chapel in Rome. -
William Caxton (1422-1491) was an English printer. He was known for printing medieval romances. He became the first person in England to print a dated book. -
(c. 1480–85) (Simonetta Vespucci) by Sandro Botticelli -
Painting by the Italian artist Sandro Botticelli. It depicts the goddess Venus arriving at the shore after her birth, when she had emerged from the sea fully-grown. -
He wrote the "manifesto" of the Renaissance, the Oration on the Dignity of Man, a vibrant defence of thinking. -
Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man demonstrates the effect writers of Antiquity had on Renaissance thinkers. -
Christopher Columbus’ voyage to the Americas was in 1492. His expeditions were the first known European contact with the Caribbean and Central and South America. -
The final meal that Jesus shared with his apostles in Jerusalem before his crucifixion. -
The father of accounting.
At the end of the 15th century, Luca Pacioli published the first work on bookkeeping, making him the founder of accounting. -
"David" is a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture, created in marble by the Italian artist Michelangelo. David is a marble statue of the Biblical figure David, a favoured subject in the art of Florence. -
"The best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung about, the most parodied work of art in the world". -
(Italian: Soffitto della Cappella Sistina), painted in fresco by Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512, is a cornerstone work of High Renaissance art. -
(1564-1642). Galileo invented the telescope and was able to prove that the earth does indeed revolve around the sun. -
He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon". The most influential writer in the English language.
He wrote Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth. -
Spanish epic novel by Miguel de Cervantes, its full title is El ingenioso hidalgo don Quixote de la Mancha. -
He coined the term Renaissance (meaning " rebirth " in French) as a period in Europe's cultural history that represented a break from the Middle Ages, creating a modern understanding of humanity and its place in the world.