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Once Black Death stopped spreading marked the beginning of the Renaissance. It is estimated to have killed 1/3 or even up to 1/2 of Europe's population at the time. http://www.history.com/topics/black-death
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During the Renaissance, the food you ate depended on your social status. The lower class ate simple soup and bread while the upper class would have more variety to eat such as meat and vegetables. [Life during the Renaissance notes]
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Corruption in the church was a big deal. Instead of earning status in the church you could pay to earn a higher status [http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/the-counter-reformation/the-roman-catholic-church-in-1500/]
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The popes believed that they should have more power than the kings and queens. This, of course, angered the kings and queens. [https://www.britannica.com/topic/Roman-Catholicism/The-age-of-Reformation-and-Counter-Reformation]
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The church would sell indulgences. These were to get people out of purgatory and into heaven no matter how bad a sinner you were, this of course was false and they didn't truly do anything. [Martin Luther notes]
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Cosimo de Medici was the first of the Medicis to be in power. He also started the first bank in Europe [https://g.co/kgs/0NqR9N]
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Lorenzo de Medici is Cosimo's grandson and another one of the Medicis that ruled over Florence. He was considered a patron of the arts and one of it's biggest supporters [https://g.co/kgs/PAJljn]
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The printing press was improved upon by Johannes Gutenberg. It was originally invented in China but was not as widespread or produced before Gutenberg's design.
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Considered one of the most famous of the Renaissance artists for his most famous work, the Mona Lisa. A true Renaissance man for his many talents such as mathematician, artist, sculpture, inventor and scientist. [https://g.co/kgs/NfTQOU]
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Michelangelo was a famous artist during the Renaissance. Michelangelo is most famous for his works for the church such as painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. [https://g.co/kgs/GAM3iD]
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Originally designed by Leonardo da Vinci. It never truly worked but it set the groundwork for future flying machines [http://www.da-vinci-inventions.com/flying-machine.aspx]
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The Mona Lisa is the most known of all the art of the Renaissance. It was painted by Leanardo De' Vinci and the subject (model) is still unknown. [https://g.co/kgs/9XQOVO]
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Michelangelo painted the Sistine Chapel's Roof. It was painted between 1508-1512. [https://g.co/kgs/RfDzQQ]
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The School of Athens was painted by Raphael. Raphael painted this showing many important figures from the Renaissance and Greek philosophers. [https://g.co/kgs/JFK3Z0]
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Martin Luther came up with 95 complaints he had about the church and posted them on the door of the church of Wittenburg, Germany. This jumpstarted the Protestant Reformation
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Becuase Luther won't retract what he said in the theses the church excommunicates him. This means he is no longer part of the church and no longer a monk. [https://blog.oup.com/2012/01/luther/]
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Luther translated the bible from latin to german while in hiding. Luther does this so that the common person can read and understand the bible. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luther_Bible]
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Copernicus proposed that the sun is the center of the solar system. The only reason he proposes this is because it "looks right", he didn't understand that the planets didn't orbit in perfect spheres. [https://g.co/kgs/Lol4hn]
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Written by William Shakespear about two lovers. It is one of Shakespear's best-known works of the renaissance. [https://g.co/kgs/RgAAVZ]
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Dancing during the Renaissance was primarily used to show off clothing of the upper class. It was introduced in the late 1600s. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance_dance]
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The violin is a common musical instrument found in most orchestral bands. Invented by Andrea Amati in the early 1600s. [https://g.co/kgs/iXeGI8]
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Hamlet was written by William Shakespear. It is about Hamlet who kills his uncle after his uncle kills his father and then he himself becomes king. [https://g.co/kgs/xcXnqz]
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The telescope was created by Galileo. He first sold it to the military to help fund for his future research into the planets. [http://galileo.rice.edu/bio/narrative_6.html]
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Macbeth was written by Shakespear. This play is about a man killing the king and then becoming the king and dying because of his earlier actions. [https://g.co/kgs/QbuaTW]
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Galileo supports Copernicus in his views on the heliocentric model. He believed however that the planets orbits were not perfectly circular. [http://blogs.yis.ac.jp/14shimomuram/nicolaus-copernicus/connection-between-galileo-and-copernicus/]
