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Giotto was an Italian artist. His major patrons were The King of Naples and Pope Benedict XI. He really enjoyed making Frescos and he pioneered new ideals of naturalism and pictoral space. Some major paintings by him were Noli me tangere, The Last Supper and Madonna and Child.
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Petrarch was a famous Italian scholar, poet, and humanist. He is also considered as one of the fathers of the Renaissance. Him and his followers were called Humanists.
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Donatello was an Italian artist of the early Renaissance period. He was very well known for art such as David, Mary Magdalene, Madonna, Salome, Zuccone, and the Dragon.
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Important figure in 15th century Portuguese politics and in the early days of the Portuguese Empire and the Age of Discoveries
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Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian artist best know for his paintings. He was also described as the archetype of the Renaissance Man. He is very well known for the Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, and The Vitruvian Man.
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King of England and Lord of Ireland
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Tetzel was a Roman Catholic German Dominican friar and preacher. He was the first public antagonist of Luther.
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Machiavelli was an Italian writer, historian, and poet. He carried out many diplomatic missions in France, Germany, and Italy. His most famous book was The Prince.
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Michelangelo was a sculptor, painter, and architect. He was considered one of the best artists of the Renaissance.
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Raphael was an Italian artist who was very well known for his "Madonnas". He was a leading artistic figure.
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Father of Protestantism and Church Reformer
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leader of reformation in Switzerland
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Spanish Nationality
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King of England; King of Ireland
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monarch of the House of Valois who ruled as King of France
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ruler of Holy Roman Empire, King of Spain
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THe School of Athens is one of the most famous frescos by Raphael. It was painted between 1509 and 1510. It is located in Vatican CIty.
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influential French theologian and pastor during protestant reformation
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Prominent Spanish mystic, Roman Catholic saint, Carmelite nun, an author of the Counter Reformation, and thelogian of contemplative life through mental prayer.
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Lutheranism is a branch of Christianity that identifies with the theology of Martin Luther. This was originally based on an effort to reform the Catholic Church.
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The reformation was the religious revolution that took place in the Western church in the 16th century. It's greatest leaders were Martin Luther and John Calvin.
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A response to the Protestant reformation
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Follows the Christian practices and beliefs of John Calvin.
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One of the Roman Catholic Church's most immportant ecumencial councils.
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