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Education was not usually for poor children, it was mostly for rich young boys. Sometimes a poor boy who was very smart would get admitted though. Education mostly focused on reading, writing and math, all focused around religion.
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The nobles and merchants would have huge feasts with lots of meat, soup, and broth. During a wedding or special event, many large game birds were eaten.
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The King had tried to tax the French Clergy, the pope threatened to excommunicate the King so he was arrested but later released. The next pope moved the headquarters of the church from Rome to Avignon.
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Pope Gregory eventually moved the papacy back to Rome. The French Cardinals elected a new pope after Gregory died because they did not like the new pope in Rome, later a church council elected a third pope.
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Gunpowder was a very important invention because it gave the military a lot more power than the other side. It gave them more range and more power behind every shot.
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The printing press was a huge help for Martin Luther. It helped Luther because when Luther was rewriting the bible, it made it easier to write many copies of the same thing. It helped spread the German version of the bible very quickly.
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Galileo figured out that the earth was not the center of the universe, which is what people believed until now. He figured out that the sun was the center, but the church thought he was a heretic and sentenced him to house arrest for the rest of his life.
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The printing press was very important, it helped spread books and make them much faster. People could now get books all over the world and now not only rich people could get them either.
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Alchemy is the belief that everything is made up of many materials. They believed that if you could break down something to it's original substance than you could change it into any substance you wanted to.
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The Medici family was one of the most important families in this time. They came up with the most important banking system in the Renaissance. (http://www.biography.com/people/Cosmo De' Medici-9407628)
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Donatello was and early Renaissance sculptor. Some of his most famous works are the Statue of David and Saint Mark.
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Michelozzi was a very favored sculptor during the Renaissance. He was eventually hired by Cosmo De' Medici. (http://www.biography.com/people/michelozzi-9407628)
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More was recognized as not really a writer but as a successful lawyer in his time. The work that he is most remembered for would be his book "Utopia."
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Martin Luther was not a writer but he did have one of the most important writings. While he was going against the church he wrote the bible in German so that the people could actually read it and a pope didn't have to read it for them.
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Trade was a good way for people to get supplies and things they might need. Trade was a daily thing for people to do during the Renaissance and was a good way to get a mixture of goods. (https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1EX1uXEyPd4yyLZj0cPr-WjsZeKJynkzZTlGC2xtZ51U/edit#slide=id.p10)
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Leonardo Da Vinci is probably the most well known artist during this time. He was not just a painter but also and inventor, scientist, and sculptor. His most well known painting is the Mona Lisa. (http://www.biography.com/people/leonardo-da-vinci-40396)
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Raphael is a very well know painter of this time period. His work is known for how clear the picture was, and also how detailed his work was. (http://www.biography.com/people/raphael-41051)
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Obviously what Martin Luther was doing was not going well with the church or the pope. After Martin had posted his 95 thesis he was threatened to be excommunicated. Eventually after Luther did not stop, he was excommunicated.
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With the new technology being invented, medicine was improving. There was more dissection of human bodies which gave us more info on the human anatomy.
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Michelangelo was one of the most well known artists in the Renaissance. His paintings and sculptors helped shape the development of western art. (http://www.biography.com/people/michelangelo-9407628)
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William Shakespeare is one of the most well known writers in history. His most famous work is probably Romeo and Juliet. His writings were different because he wrote drama, comedy, and mystery when most writings were about the bible.
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Eventually Martin had many followers, and they stared to form a new church by themselves. They called themselves Lutherans and did not like the Catholics for obvious reasons.
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Tiziano Vecilli or Titan in english was an Italian painter during the Renaissance. He was also the most important member of the Venician School.
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This invention helped tons of people. Instead of having your waste all over the street it was now in a more secure place. This helped with not spreading disease as much also.
