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Feb 25, 1374
francseco petrarch
He became famous as a scholar and teacher. His sonnets to laura an, imagenary ideal woman are considered some of the greatest love poems :] -
Feb 25, 1450
johannes Gutenberg
He became the first European to use movable type to print books. Gutenberg used his printingpress to print copies of the bible -
Feb 25, 1452
leonardo da vinci
He was a man of many talents. He is most famous for the portrait Mona Lisa. -
Feb 25, 1466
Erasmus
He used the critical method of the Italian humanista to study the bible. He criticized the churchs lack of spirituality. -
Feb 25, 1475
Michelangelo
He made frescoes on the chapel ceiling.His sculpures of biblical figures such as david also countinue to be admired -
Feb 25, 1483
Martin Luther
He thought that the churches methods for overcoming sin gave him no comfort. uHe devolped a set of beliefs that later became known as lutheranism. -
Feb 25, 1500
Flamish school
A group of painters that develped their own style. They were creditedwith perfecting certain techninques of painting and oil canvas. -
Feb 25, 1513
Niccolo machiavelli
He wrote the essay The Prince, which set him apart fromother humanists -
Feb 25, 1530
sects
These were hundreds of new religous groups appeared in germany and Switzerland. They did not form organized churches -
william shakespeare
He stands as the leading literary figure of his time.He potrayed personality and human emotions with a skill that fiew have matched.
