World Civil Timeline

By alec.callister
  • Dante
    1265

    Dante

    *Italian writer
    *Best known for The Divine Comedy
  • The Renaissances
    1340

    The Renaissances

    *Return of soldiers-crusaders
    *Increase in food production
    *Population
    *Economics improve
  • Martin Luther
    1483

    Martin Luther

    *Catholic Monk
    *95 Thesis
    *Excommunicated from church
    *Lutherism started
  • Christian Humanism
    1500

    Christian Humanism

    *Simpler christian faith
    *Erasmus
  • 1519

    Counter-Reformation

    *Pope Paul lll
    *Council of Trent
    *Looked at doctrine and practices
  • Anabaptists
    1525

    Anabaptists

    *Believed in adult baptism
    *No church hierarchy
    *Anyone in the community could be ministers
  • England
    1534

    England

    *Henry vlll
    *Wanted a male heir
    *Act of supermacy
  • Shakespeare
    1564

    Shakespeare

    *English playwright
    *His plays are still preformed to this day
  • Machiavelli
    1569

    Machiavelli

    *Italian philosopher
    *Best known for The Prince
  • Florence

    Florence

    *Dominated the region of Tuscany
    *Becomes the culture and art center of time
    *Artists and architects came for money