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Period: 1265 to 1321
Dante Alighieri
was a major Italian poet of the Late Middle Ages/Early Renaissance -
Period: 1309 to 1378
“Babylonian Captivity”
Turmoil with Western Catholic Church: Avignon Papacy - “Babylonian Captivity” -
Period: 1337 to 1453
The Hundred Years War
House of Valois versus House of Plantagenet -
Period: 1347 to 1351
The Black Death
The Black Death ravages Europe for the first time. By changing the economic situation, the devastating disease helps lay the preconditions for Renaissance: spare money to invest in display. -
Period: 1350 to
Historical Period
Renaissance popes live in luxury, non-spiritual place -
Period: 1350 to
Renaissance Italy
Never been a country -
Period: 1377 to 1446
Brunelleschi
was built over a long period of time. No finishing touch to it. Made from a million bricks -
Period: 1452 to 1519
Leonardo Da Vinci
He was an Italian Renaissance polymath whose areas of interest included invention, painting, sculpting, architecture, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany, writing, history, and cartography -
Period: 1455 to 1485
Wars of the Roses
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Period: 1475 to 1564
Michelangelo
Was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet of the High Renaissance -
Period: 1483 to 1520
Raphael
Was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance -
Period: 1484 to 1492
Innocent VIII
1st pope to dine in public with women. Established Torquemada as Grand Inquisitor in Spanigh Inquisitition -
Period: 1492 to 1503
Alexander VI
Treaty of Tordesillas. Father of Cesare and Lucrezia Bordia. Instrumental in the condemnation and death of Savonarola -
Period: 1503 to 1513
Julius II
He was a fighter. Warrior pope. Patron of the Arts: Raphael, Michelangelo. -
Period: 1513 to 1521
Leo X
Patron of the Raphael. Reformation