Time line
what happened in 1201
1201 the fourth crusade begins
Marco Polo
Marco Polo was a trader and an explorer
During the renaissance
During the renaissance,students continued to study religious subjects, but they learned about humanities as well.history became especially important because of the scholar Petrarch who we talked about earlier.
Renaissance
Means “rebirth” and refers to the period that followed Europe’s Middle Ages.
Petarch
This Renaissance scholar,
what happened in 1271
1271 Marco Polo travels to china
Dante Alighieri
Before Alighieri most authers wrote in Latin but Alighiere wrote in Italian.
Because of Marco polo. . .
people of the renaissance were introduced to new goods
Humanism
A way of thinking and learning that stresses the importance of human abilities and actions.
Johann Gutenberg
this mid-1400s german man onened a printing press that used movable type.
what happened in 1517
1517 Martin Luther announces his 95 Theses
Niccolo machiavelli
He was an Italian writer aswell as a politician.In 1513 he wrote a short book called the prince.
The renaissance was one of the positive results from. . .
Black Death
Christian humanism
Was a blend of humanist and religious ideas.
Desiderius Erasmus:
He was a dutch priest who was also the most important voice of reform>Erasmus criticized corrupt clergy
what happened in 1603
1603 The Tokugawa shoguns to power in Japan
Michelangelo
He had many talents.He designed buildings,wrote poetry,carved sculptures, and painted.
in the renaissance students continued to study. . .
Religious subjects
Reformation
A reform movement against the Roman Cathlic Church.
Albrecht Durer:
He studied anatomy so that he could paint more realistically
what happened in 1648
1648 The Thirty years’ War ends.
Leonardo Da Vinci
In addition to being an expert painter he was also a sculptor,architect,inventor, engineer,town planner,and a mapmaker.
the Renaissance and . . .
reformation
Catholic Reformation
Their effort to stop the spread of Protestantism and to reform the Catholic Church.
William Shakesspear
AkA the greatest writer in the English language.