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The mechanical clock was used in the 1400s and it was on a 24 hour time. The earliest designs of mechanical clock incorporated a drum which contained mercury.
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Giovanni was the founder of the Medici Bank which would make the family wealthy and allow them to support the arts. Cosimo de Medici put up the bank in 1429 and began his rise to great power. It made them one of the richest familes in all of Europe
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The printing press was used for printing paper into multiple copies. It was a movable type that means there was ink used in the printing press. The printing press was invented by Johann Gutenberg of Germany
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Lorenzo de' Medici was Florentine statesman, ruler and patrons of the arts and letters most brilliant of the Medici. He ruled with his brother Giuliano, Lorenzo was considered the Wise, “the needle on the Italian scales".
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Leonardo da Vinci was a famous painting. He was good at math and reading, writing, but his dad was proud of his artistic talent. The famous painting was The Adoration of the Magi for Florence’s San Donato, a Scopeto monastery in Italy.
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The Anemometer is to figure out wind speed and the measure of it. His hope was that, eventually, the device could be used to give people insight into the direction of the wind before attempting flight. This device was also used for measuring distance travelled.
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The Last Supper is one of the most famous artworks in the world, painted by Leonardo da Vinci. The Last Supper was shown to the people what the last supper looked like
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The Mond Crucifixion is a painting by Italian Renaissance artist Raphael. In the picture the angels are catching his blood and on the right mary is standing. Raphael
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Michelangelo was a sculpture, His primary work was sculpturing and creating figures. Michelangelo returned to Florence in 1494 to work on two statues, St. John the Baptist, and a small cupid. The small cupid was sold and passed on as an antique.
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Nicolaus Copernicus was the first to know the earth goes around the sun. He also created the heliocentric, or Sun-centered.
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Martin Luther became a monk when he got struck by lighting and decided to become a monk. He studied at the University of Erfurt and in 1505 decided to join a monastic. In 1507 he became teaching at the Univerity of Wittenberg.
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Luther taught people about good deeds but only received a free gift of God's grace. In 1505 he was awarded a master degree, his studies gave him a job as a teacher at Wittenberg. Seven years later he got the professorship in biblical studies.
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When he wrote the 95 theses to show people about what the churches do. Someone thought it was a great idea to print these papers out so there are more copies. He nailed them to them Wittenberg church doors.
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The Mona Lisa is one of the most famous paintings in the world and was created by Leonardo da Vinci. The painting is in Louvre in Paris.
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Gerardus Mercator helps to revolutionize navigation with better mapmaking. He was renowned for making the world based Map on a new projection. His works help a lot of people get where they would need to be and without it we probably wouldn't have maps.
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A priest was a man set aside by the church and they were supposed to be educated though many were not. The most common priest were parish priests. A parish priest was a guy who was supposed to care for the people.
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Clothes, Men got to wear colourful tights or stockings with a shirt and coat. The coat was generally tight fitting and was called a doublet. The Woman wore long dresses that generally had high waists and puffy sleeves and shoulders. Wealthy women would have elaborate jewelry made of gold
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Food, People usually ate bread and stew. The stew would be scraps of vegetables or animals. The fancy people had all sorts of meals and some drank wine or beer. The stuff they would have would be broth and stew with exotic spices.
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Country dances were dances where anyone could participate. Each dance had specific steps and movements. Saltarello is a dance where u take three steps and then hop back.
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Doctor Faustus This important work of the Renaissance is based on stories about Faust, a popular figure in German culture. Marlowe based his work on a myth that tells that one of the first places of the work appeared real devils on the stage.
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Romeo and Juliet, two young lovers, Shakespeare uses in the work a dramatic structure poetic and oscillates between the comedy and the tragedy to increase the tension.
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Hamlet, This tragedy of Shakespeare is about Prince Hamlet and his revenge against his uncle Claudius, accused of murdering Hamlet's father. it is one of the most critic work he has ever done.
