Renaissance By ChaseHoulihan 1277 Last Visonti ruler Milan 1308 Dante writes Divine Comedy Tells about the punishment sinners receive 1380 chaucer wrote the canterbury tales summary Poem about a pilgrimage from London to Canterbury 1400 italian renaissance begins The rebirth of knowledge 1413 Donatello creates stature of Saint George Statue of St.George 1511 Erasmus writes praise of folly satire full of comedy