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Period: 400 to 1400
Middle Ages
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Period: 1420 to 1545
Italian Renaissance
A new and modern way of thinking about the world and man's place in it. It was a period of learning, literature, art, and culture. Occurred after the Middle Ages. -
Period: 1497 to
Northern Renaissance
The spread of ideas from Italy to Northern Europe. -
Period: 1517 to
Reformation
A religious and political challenge to the Roman Catholic Church promoted by Martin Luther (Lutherans), King Henry VIII (Anglicans), and John Calvin (Presbyterians). -
Period: 1550 to
Scientific Revolution
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Period: to
Enlightenment
"The Age of Reason" - A period where people throughout Europe questioned traditional authority and embraced the notion that humanity could be improved through rational change.