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The renaissance

By franAM2325
  • Period: 1350 to 1500

    Two political events of the historical period

    During the late medieval and Renaissance periods, however, monarchs began to wield more power and influence.
  • Historical beginning of the renaissance
    1425

    Historical beginning of the renaissance

    The Early Renaissance period saw the invention of the printing press by Gutenberg, the influx of Byzantine scholars into Italy after the fall of Constantinople, and the rapid increase of new art and architecture throughout Northern Italy
  • One cultural event
    1453

    One cultural event

    These include the fall of Constantinople in 1453 to the Ottoman Turks which marks the end of the Byzantine Empire; the discovery of the New World in 1492 ushering in the age of exploration; the Protestant Reformation; the invention of printing press by Johannes Gutenberg around 1440; and the revival of classical Greek
  • The end of the historical period of the renaissance
    1527

    The end of the historical period of the renaissance

    he Holy Roman emperor, Charles V, conquers Rome, ending the Renaissance as a unified period in Italy.
  • One cultural event
    1543

    One cultural event

    The Copernican revolution and the invention of the printing press marked important new chapters in scientific study and communications. To many scholars and thinkers of the period, however, the Renaissance was primarily a time of the revival of Classical learning and wisdom after a long period of cultural decline.