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The printing press was inventedin the Holy Roman Empire by the German Johannes Gutenberg. It made books more affordable.
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The renaissance of Europe outside of Italy.
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A war fought primarely by France and the low countries. France won and The House of Valois claimed the title of King of France.
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The capital was captured by the Byzantine Empire, and then Constantinople was seiged by the Ottoman Empire.
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The Gutenberg was the first book printed in the Gutenberg press. It started the age of printed books.
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Erasmus wrote the book The Praise of Folly in 1509. In the book he made fun of greedy merchants, heartsick lovers, quarrelsome scholars, and pompous priests. He also believed in a Christianity of the heart, not one of ceremonies or rule
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Thomas More of England wrote the book Utopia. His book was about an ideal place with no corruption, greed or war.
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He was ruler of the Holy Roman Empire. And in 1516 He was crowned King of Spain.
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He did quietly a few weeks after his 67th birthday. Legend says that at the time of his death King Francis was at his side.
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Queen of England and Ireland. She was part of the monarch of the Tudor dynasty and the daughter of Henry VIII. She got the crown after the Catholic Mary I.
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She was Queen of England and died when she was nearly 70 years old of blood poisoning.
