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Life was normal until the "black death" hit. Most of the cities population and work force was cut in half. Everything was on a "shut down". There was really no one could do without worrying about catching the "Black Death".
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He created the very first "master piece" of the early Renaissance.
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He was a sculpture who studied Greek and Roman statues. His most famous sculpture was the free standing statue of Saint George.
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They had control of Italy city-states for a long time. They were among the most wealthy and powerful families during the renaissance.( notes Medici reading and review.)
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European scholars began to start thinking and studying the world around them. The art work started to change as well by getting more realistic and more personable. (notes Renaissance Reading & Review)
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During the Renaissance writing was a big part. People where starting to write books and stories. When Luther rewrote the bible people used the printing press to mass produce it and it moved around faster.
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The Byzantine Empire fell to Muslims. Which made many Greek-speaking Christians to move into Italy.(notes Renaissance Reading & Review)
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During the Renaissance trade was a huge factor. Trade both helped with the common need of getting products and "selling" them as well. But the most important thing trade did was it spread the work of the changes that was happening around the world.
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About 90% of the population were peasants and they worked for other people but by about 1500 most peasants were legally free.
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Was known mostly for his painting being very realistic and capturing the human body as it is. His most famous painting is the Mona Lisa.
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Was a artist/sculpture and he created several well known painting, but his most famous was the "creation"
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Raphael was mostly know for his paintings and descriptions on the Virgin Mary. His most know painting was The School of Athens.
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The book "The Prince" was written by Niccolo Machiavelli. The book was about how he feels a ruler should rule and how it will impact his rule.
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During the Renaissance the Catholic church sold Indulgence's. They sold them so that they could build a Cathedral. An indulgence is a document that lets the buyer or who ever they want it to be fore to not have to pass through purgatory or at least make the stay there in little time.
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When Martin Luther was trying to change the Church he created the 95 Theses. The 95 Theses was what Luther wanted the people to know about the church and how they could do things and make it to heaven and not have to buy indulgences. He put the Theses on the door of the Wittenburg cathedral doors.
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Martin Luther was a German monk who lived in Wittenburg, Germany. Luther had many different views on religion and how to go about it. So he made an effort to "fight" the Catholic Church to change their ways and he did and made his own "religion" the Lutheran church.
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During Luther's "change" he rewrote the bible. he took the original bible that was write in Latin and rewrote it in German. He thought that the German people should be able to read it them selves and so they can follow.
