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== Significant people == |
== Significant people == |
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* [[Filippo Brunelleschi]] invents one-point perspective, leads innovation in [[Italy|Italian]] [[architecture]] |
* [[Filippo Brunelleschi]] invents one-point perspective, leads innovation in [[Italy|Italian]] [[architecture]] |
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* [[Leonardo da Vinci]], inventor and painter |
* [[Leonardo da Vinci]], inventor and [[painter]] |
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* [[Henry VII]], [[England|English]] [[King]] founds the [[Tudor]] [[dynasty]] |
* [[Henry VII]], [[England|English]] [[King]] founds the [[Tudor]] [[dynasty]] |
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== Inventions, Discoveries, Introductions == |
== Inventions, Discoveries, Introductions == |
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Revision as of 06:31, 30 June 2007
Events
- Renaissance affects philosophy, science and art.
- Rise of Modern English language from Middle English.
- Lollardy is suppressed in England; John Badby is the first person burned at the stake for heresy in England.
- Great Schism of the Catholic Church is ended in 1417.
- Jeanne d'Arc in 1429 leads French forces to a victory against England in a battle of the Hundred Years' War.
- Constantinople falls to the Ottoman Empire in 1453.
- John Huss is burned at the stake
- Niccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince.
- The Spanish Inquisition is established.
- Muslims and Jews are expelled from southern Spain after almost 800 years of Muslim rule, in 1492.
- Christopher Columbus reaches Caribbean islands in 1492 and South America in 1498.
- Vasco da Gama completes sea voyage to India, in 1498.
- The Wars of the Roses rage 1455-1485
Significant people
- Filippo Brunelleschi invents one-point perspective, leads innovation in Italian architecture
- Leonardo da Vinci, inventor and painter
- Henry VII, English King founds the Tudor dynasty
Inventions, Discoveries, Introductions
- Printing technology refined by Johann Gutenberg.
Some Groups That Cover This Period
- SCA
- Re-Enactors
- Buckingham's Retinue] - UK
- Kingmakers - Australia
- Das Toricht Lieben - Australia
- York City Levy -UK
Internal Links
External Links
Clothing Links
- Pictures of 15th century Female Dress including burgundian - http://www.uvm.edu/~hag/sca/15th/index.html
- The golden crown of Queen Margaret - http://www.virtue.to/articles/margaret.html
- Some Clothing of the Middle Ages - http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/cloth/bockhome.html
