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The Nobles had to be educated in the classics, and were expected to be good warriors. Their jobs were in the political world. They were either advisors to the king, or they were in high positions. (Life During the Renaissance PP)
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The townspeople made up 7-13 percent of the population. Their main jobs were merchants, tradespeople, and artisans. (Life During the Renaissance PP)
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The peasants had pretty bad lives. They worked on estates of nobles for very low pay. But as the manorial system started to go away, they started to be freed. (Life During the Renaissance PP)
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The Sforza family ruled Milan Italy during the Renaissance. The Sforza family started out as military leaders. They used this position to become rulers of Milan. Muzio Attendolo was the founder of this family, and the original ruler. Like other ruling families, they were great patrons of the arts. (Wikipedia, House of Sforza)
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Donatello was a sculptor during the Renaissance. His most famous works are the statue of St. George and the sculpture of David. His works were sought after because they were very life-like. (Artistic Movements of the Renaissance PP) His birth date is unkown.
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The Medicis were a wealthy banking family from Florence. They loved the humanities and arts. They were great patrons of the arts. They controlled the city of Florence from 1434-1737. Cosimo Medici, the grandfather and founder of the banks was born in 1389. (Medici Reading and Review)
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Da Vinci was a true Renaissance man. He was a talented painter, sculptor, architect, and inventor. Some of his most famous paintings are the Mona Lisa, and the Last Supper. He is one of the most influential artists of all time. (Biography.com/leonardo da vinci)
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The Printing Press was perfected by Johannes Gutenberg. It was very influential in the spreading of Luther's teachings. It helped him reprint, and share with others his followers. (Biography.com/Gutenburg)
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Michelangelo is one of the most famous artists of the Renaissance. His statues of David, and the frescoes in the Sistine Chapel are regarded as some of the greatest works of all time. (Biography.com/michelangelo)
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Raphael is another highly regarded artist of the Renaissance. Some of his most famous paintings are the Sistine Madonna, and the Figurines in the palace of the vatican in Rome. (Biography.com/Raphael)
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Many great advances were made in the understanding of the Human body during the Renaissance. DaVinci dissected dead humans to understand how they worked, and to better portray them in art. (Ducksters.com)
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Leo X was the Pope from March 9, 1513, to December 1, 1521. One of the main problems while he was Pope, was the Protestant Reformation. He tried to unite the church, but wasn't able to. (Martin Luther & Protestant Reformation PP)
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The Catholic Church taught that buying an indulgence was a way to get a loved ones' soul out of purgatory, and into heaven. You could buy indulgences for anyone from the past, but not for yourself. (Martin Luther & Protestant Reformation PP)
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Catholics believed that whatever the Pope said was true. They believed that the Pope had direct contact with God, and that he was second to God. (Martin Luther & Protestant Reformation PP)
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Martin Luther was a Catholic Monk who saw problems in the Catholic Church. He wrote down 95 of the problems he saw, and nailed them to the Wittenburg Castle Church. (Martin Luther & Protestant Reformation)
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Luther taught that the only way to achieve salvation was by believing in Jesus Christ. He criticized the practice of selling indulgences and told people to help the poor instead of buying an indulgence. (Martin Luther & Protestant Reformation PP)
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Luther taught that the only way to learn to become a better person is by reading and following the bible's teachings. He also taught that everyone should read the bible, not just people in the church. (Martin Luther & Protestant Reformation)
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Brueghel is one of the most famous and influential artists of the Renaissance. But he wasn't from Italy. He was from the Netherlands. Most of his works were of peasants. This was a revolutionary idea. His birth date is not known. (Biography.com/Brueghel)
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Elizabethian Literature refers to things written while Elizabeth I was Queen of England. Many kinds of poems and novels were written. (Britannica.com)
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Robert Greene was one of the best English writers of his time. He mainly wrote romantic comedies. He was one of the first writers to write an autobiography. (Britannica.com)
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Shakespeare is one of the most famous authors of the Renaissance. Some of his most famous works are Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet. (Britannica.com)
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Sir John Harrington invented the first flush toilet. It took 7.5 gallons of water to flush it. (History.com/toilet)
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Many advances were made in the understanding of our solar system during the Renaissance. Many new planets were discovered, and people began to map the solar system. (Ducksters.com)
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Hans Lippershey was the first to patent the telescope. These telescopes were later used to discover Jupiter, and the Milky Way. (Space.com)
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As the Renaissance began to fade, scientists like Francis Bacon and Isaac Newton began to refine the Scientific Method. This is the same Scientific Method we use today. (Ducksters.com)
