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The Inquisition was a group of institutions within the Catholic Church who tried to investigate heresy and other things throughout the catholic church.
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Petrarch was born in Tuscany and became a poet and scholar in Italy. He is most famous for his writing of the Canzoiniere. He died in 1374 on July 19th.
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Johan was a German Inventor who changed history by creating the printing press. This invention made it so you could get documents and other writings around the world a lot faster and more efficient.
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This was the study of past civilizations like ancient Greece and Rome also trying to make the world around them a better place.
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The printing revolution was started by the invention of the printing press because of this everyone was able to publish books faster and the common people now learned to read and information spread.
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Lorenzo was part of the Medici family who ran Florence and were patrons for artists. Which means they paid all of there living expenses and bought there art.
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Erasmus was one of the main writers and activists for the Renaissance and Humanist movements. He was the greatest northern scholar of the time.
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Albrecht was a famous painter and artist. He made a lot of book covers. He trained as goldsmith at first and was an apprentice to his father.
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Michelangelo was a famous sculptor and artist in Florence. He is most known for The Frescoes on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. He also sculpted David from the Bible in Florence.
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Thomas started by studying law then worked his way up through the ranks becoming Lord Chancellor of England. He was also a well known Philosopher.
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Raphael was an artist and architect in Italy. He is best known for The Vatican and his Madonnas. He also helped design buildings.
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Martin Luther was a a German Munk who did not like the way the catholic church was using indulgences and abusing power. He wrote the 95 theses to show what was wrong.
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Thomas Cranmer was the first protestant Archbishop he was appointed by king louis XIV to run the religion in England
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He was a priest and theologian he started the Jesuit order in 1534 and influenced the Counter-Reformation.
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John Calvin was the founder of Calvinism which was a religion based off of Luthers 95 these but with some of his own twists.
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This is the first theory that the Earth revolved around the sun and so di other planets.
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The Council of Trent was made to help the counter-reformation and was a Main part of it.
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This method started in the Renaissance when scientists started to rely on observations and hypothesis's to prove their theories.