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Killed 50% of Europeans and marked the final end of the boom times of the 1200
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believed in the power of the human will/spirit and one's desire to grow intellectually and spiritually
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Henry V and the English longbow men beat the French in what turned out to be a "dead cat bounce" towards the end of the Hundred Years' War.
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Fall of Constantinople to the armies of Ottoman Sultan Mehmet II
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first Bible printed from the printing press
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Dominican priest Tomás de Torquemada as Grand Inquisitor ,he headed for the ranks of Jews and Muslims who had converted to Christianity, followed by assorted other supposed heretics followed by various other people and activities he did not like.
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helped exapnd territory
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Rodrigo Borgia appointed Pope, his rule is considered a reign of corruption
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spanish soldier who converted to the religious life in 1521 after being wounded in battle. Not content with this he went on to co-found (with another Basque, S Francis Xavier) the Jesuit Order (the Society of Jesus) in 1534.
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Gathering groundswell in the early years of the century, given focus and unstoppable momentum by Martin Luther and his Ninety-Five Theses, backed by the spread of printing presses.
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Goldsmith and sculptor, remembered just as much for his Autobiography - "a vivid and convincing portrait of the manners and morals both of the rulers of the sixteenth century and their subjects"
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Da Gama forces a treaty on the ruler of Calicut and sets up a trading post
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Written by Martin Luther in 1517, document of grievances against the Catholic Church (especially indulgences), said that forgiveness of sins could not be directly purchased through money.
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Luther summoned to Worms by Emperor Charles V, refuses to reaffirm his faith in Catholicism, maintained that salvation could only be obtained through faith alone
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Organist of St Marks Venice from 1566. Writer of madrigals and, most famously, grand music involving several choirs
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completed its circumnavigation of the globe
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Most important composer of church music in Italy in the latter fifteen hundreds
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A Course in the Art of Measurement; Battle of Pavia between France and the Holy Roman Empire: end of French claims on Italy
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The grizzly sack and destruction of Rome by a mercenary Landsknecht army of Hapsburg Spanish King and Holy Roman Emperor Charles V
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The Catholic Church at the long running Council of Trent decides that the Reformation needs to be rolled ,back two of the European instruments used in this were the Jesuits to teach, and an expanded Inquisition to root out and eliminate
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Agreement signed by Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and a league of Protestant princes, treaty created to officially end struggles between Catholics and Protestants in Holy Roman Empire
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Start of the English “Golden Age”
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English playwright
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St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre of Protestants in France
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46 Ceilings in the East Wing of the Uffizi painted by Antonio Tempesta and Alessandro Allori - after the style of rooms decorated by Fabullus in the palace of Emperor Nero, discovered in Rome in the 1480s and then thought to be "grottoes".
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On 31 December 1600, England's Queen Elizabeth I (1533 - 1558 - 1603 (70)) signed the Royal Charter which created the British East India Company
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Corporations/partnerships in which 2+ individuals owned shares of stocks in a company, certificates of stock awarded for each contributor. Famous companies included the Dutch East India Company, the Royal English Charter, and others.
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Economic belief that states foreign trade is basis of country's power and economy, idea of more exports than imports, importance of high tariffs, limiting wages, and maximizing use of domestic resources