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Timeline of the Age of Ideas

  • Jan 1, 1330

    Start of the Renaissance

    Start of the Renaissance
  • Period: Jan 1, 1330 to Jan 1, 1550

    The Renaissance

    The renaissance was immediately after the Middle Ages, it was brought by the birth of philosophy and humanism, and spawned the importance of individual achievement in a variety of things. The renaissance started in Italy. Literature and Arts climbed during this period, although Art was the most prominent feature of the Renaissance.
  • Jan 1, 1500

    Start of the Reformations

    Start of the Reformations
  • Period: Jan 1, 1500 to

    The Reformation

    The period of time when the people of Europe called for church reform to end abuses. Also known as the Protestant Reformations.
  • Jan 1, 1550

    End of the Renaissance

    End of the Renaissance
  • Jan 1, 1550

    Start of the Scientific Revolution

    Start of the Scientific Revolution
  • Period: Jan 1, 1550 to

    The Scientific Revolution

    This is the period in which people started to question what was previously tought to them. The Catholic church had accepted Roman and Greek teachings, so people learning science just accepted whatever they were tought, but that all changed with the Scientific Revolution with people questioning their teachings.
  • End of the Reformations

    End of the Reformations
  • Start of the Enlightenment

    Start of the Enlightenment
  • Period: to

    The Enlightenment

    The Enlightenment was a huge intellectual, philosophical, cultural, and social movement that spread through England, France, Germany, and other parts of Europe during the 1700s. The Enlightenment opened ways for independent thought. The fields of math, astronomy, physics, politics, economics, philosophy, and medicine were upgraded and added onto.
  • End of the Scientific Revolution

    End of the Scientific Revolution
  • End of the Enlightenment

    End of the Enlightenment