By: Brianna Scharrer, Parshva Shah, and Kim Lasocki

• Leanardo Da Vinci•Michelangelo•Raphael•Albrecht Dürer•Hans Holbein•King Henry VIII•John Van Eyck•Pieter Bruegel•Desiderius Erasmus•Thomas More•Christine de Pizan•Queen Elizabeth I•William Shakespeare•Johann Gutenberg

•Pope Alexander VI•John Wycliffe •Jan Hus•Martin Luther•Pope Leo X•Charles V•Catherine of Argon•Ignatius of Loyola

Important People of the Renaissance and the Reformation

Major Characteristics of the Renaissance

• The printing press• New art techniques and

styles• New philosophies

(Humanism)• Architecture• A rediscovery of

classical learning

Major Characteristics of the Reformation

• Luther challenged the church

• Calvinism• Predestination• Presbyterians• Anabaptists

Major Events

Renaissance• 1452 (April 15) Leonardo born in Vinci• 1454 Gutenberg Press Major turning

point in the propagation of ideas.• 1469 Leonardo moves to Florence,

where Lorenzo "The Magnificent" de Medici becomes ruler

• 1474 First book printed in English• 1482 Leonardo publishes detailed

sketches of the human body• 1492 Columbus discovers the New

World; Spain pushes Moors out of Europe after 800 years and expels Jews

• 1503 Leonardo paints "The Mona Lisa" • 1508 Michelangelo begins painting

ceiling of Sistine Chapel

Reformation• 1483 Birth of Martin Luther• 1509 Birth of John Calvin• 1513-1517 Luther’s

Conversion/Justification by Faith• 1517 Luther’s 95 Theses• 1533 Calvin’s Conversion• 1536 First edition of Calvin’s

Institutes of the Christian Religion Written three years after Calvin’s conversion at the age of 27.

• 1559 Final edition of Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian Religion

Lasting Effects ReformationEnded the Christian Unity of Europe

Led to a series of wars

Roman Catholic church became more unified

Schools founded

Led to nation-states

Laid the groundwork for EnlightenmentRenaissanceAuthors, poets, and playwrights created pieces of literary work that are now considered classics

New art styles

Desire to learn increased

Laws more clear