Renaissance and Reformation

By ZackG.
  • Petrarch
    Jul 20, 1304

    Petrarch

    Francesco Petrarch was a famous poet one of the first during the renaissance. He was also one of the first ever Humanist.
  • Johan Gutenberg
    Apr 5, 1395

    Johan Gutenberg

    Johan Gutenberg was a inventor in the early renaissance most famous for inventing the printing press. He changed history by mass producing the bible so everyone was able to read one.
  • Leonardo da Vinci
    Apr 15, 1442

    Leonardo da Vinci

    Leonardo da Vinci was a very famous artist/inventor during the renaissance. Creating the Mona Lisa and the last supper.
  • Lorenzo de'Medici
    Jan 1, 1449

    Lorenzo de'Medici

    Lorenzo sponsored artist during the renaissance. He was one of the key reasons the renaissance even started in the first place. He sponsored artist like Michelangelo and Botticelli giving us some of the most famous artwork ever.
  • Albrecht Durer
    May 21, 1471

    Albrecht Durer

    He was a artist most famous for his printmaking. He was trained as a gold smith among a lot of other things.
  • Thomas More
    Feb 7, 1478

    Thomas More

    Thomas More was a writer during the renaissance most famous for the book Utopia. He brought new ideas to people and talks of a perfect paradise.
  • Raphael
    Jan 1, 1483

    Raphael

    Raphael was a Italian painter and architect. He is most famous for his paintings.
  • Martin Luther
    Nov 10, 1483

    Martin Luther

    Martin Luther was a monk that helped birth the Reformation. He called out the catholic church and even became a outlaw with a bounty and all.
  • John Calvin
    Jul 10, 1509

    John Calvin

    John Calvin is known for his influential institutes of the christian religion. He was also a pastor.
  • Shakespeare
    Apr 23, 1564

    Shakespeare

    William Shakespeare was a very famous writer during the renaissance. He wrote 38 plays many of which still play to this day.