Renaissance Time Line

By Cliff 8B Yellow House

Marco PoloMarco Polo was born in 1254 and died in 1324.

Polo is probably the most famous Westerner who travelled on the Silk Road. He excelled all the other travellers in his determination, his writing, and his influence. His journey through Asia lasted 24 years and he reached China and Mongolia, where he became a confidant of Kublai Khan. Polo travelled the whole of China and returned to tell the tale, which became the greatest travelogue.Polo gathered many new resources and discoveries from his travels and introduced them to Europe. These achievements still affect our lives today.

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Marco Polo 1254

Dante AlighieriBorn in 1265 and died in 1321Dante was born in Florence, Italy. He was an Italian poet, prose writer, literary theorist, moral philosopher, and political thinker. He is best known for his poem about the 9 circles of hell. For example the first circle is Limbo when you don’t know what to believe in. I believe he affects us nowadays because his writings changed the way people thought about the Roman Catholic faith. The writings gave people a better view of what hell was and since people knew about the sins of hell they wanted to avoid them by converting to the Catholic faith. Dante made a big leap forward in the realm of religion and his work converted even more people to the Catholic faith.

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Dante 1265

Joan of ArcJoan of Arc was born in 1412 and died in 1431.She was a peasant girl who was born in eastern France.Joan of Arc had visions of god and went to tell the French armies that the English would attack from a certain location. They thought that she was contacting the devil and charged her with heresy and burned her at the stake in 1431. She is now a saint.

Joan of Arc 1412

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Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus was born in 1451and died in 1506.Columbus “found" the Americas and he spread the Catholic Church’s faith there. He brought slaves, resources and spices from the Americas to Spain to trade with other countries.He is important to us because of his discovery of America, which led to the colonization and spread of European religion in America.

Christopher Columbus 1451

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Leonardo Da VinciLeonardo was born in 1452 and died in 1519In 1503 Leonardo painted his most prized work, the Mona Lisa. He is also famous for his painting of the Last Supper.He was a praised artist and inventor, who brought many new ideas and styles of art to the modern era. He is considered by many as the best example of a “Renaissance man.”.

1452 Leonardo Da Vinci

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Nicholas CopernicusBorn in 1473 and died in 1543.

Copernicus is now considered as the father of modern astronomy because of his discovery that the Earth was not at the center of the universe. This period of modern astronomy is sometimes referred to as the “Copernicus Revolution.” His ideas affect us today because he started a period that is know for its great scientific breakthroughs.

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Nicholas Copernicus 1473

Martin LutherBorn in 1483 and died in 1546. Luther believed that you could not pay priests money to forgive your sins. Before his time people believed that even if you murdered somebody you could pay a priest and he would talk to god to forgive you. Luther wrote his book about the 95 Theses and nailed it to the wall of a church. He greatly affected us today because he led the organized reformation of the Catholic Church, which gave birth to the Protestant faith. He did have a bad side because he wanted to destroy Jews’ homes and confiscate their money.

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Martin Luther 1483-1546

Henry VIIIBorn in 1491 and died in 1547.

Henry had a disagreement with the Pope because Henry wanted to get a divorce from his first wife who did not produce a male heir. Divorce was not allowed in the Catholic faith, so Henry broke away from the church in Rome and set up the Church of England. He is important to us today because England was the first country to break away from the Roman Catholic church. This was a major event because it involved a whole country and not just an individual or group of people.

William Shakespeare • William Shakespeare was born in

1564 and died in 1616.

• Shakespeare was a poet, actor, and writer. He wrote many poems and plays which are praised today because of his expert use of language. His most famous plays are Romeo & Juliet and Hamlet.

• Shakespeare affects us today because of the unique way he expressed his characters’ emotions in his work. He is still very widely studied by scholars and also his plays are still performed today all over the world.

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