15th century: Difference between revisions

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Events

Renaissance affects philosophy, science and art.
Lollardy is suppressed in England

1410s

1410: John Badby is the first person burned at the stake for heresy in England.

15 July: The Battle of Grunwald or 1st Battle of Tannenberg was fought during the Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War.

1414: In the summer, the Hunger War or Famine War was fought between the allied Kingdom of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania against the Teutonic Knights.

1415, 6 July: John Hus is burned at the stake.

25 October: Henry V of England allies with Burgundy and defeats the French at the Battle of Agincourt; part of the Hundred Years War.

1417: Great Schism of the Catholic Church is ended.

1420s

1429: Jeanne d'Arc leads French forces to a victory against England in a battle of the Hundred Years War.

1450s

1453: Constantinople falls to the Ottoman Empire.
1455-1485: The Wars of the Roses rage.

1470s

~1470: Rise of Modern English language from Middle English.

1480s

1480: The Spanish Inquisition is established.

1490s

1492: Muslims and Jews are expelled from southern Spain after almost 800 years of Muslim rule.

Christopher Columbus reaches Caribbean islands.

1498: Christopher Columbus reaches South America.

Vasco da Gama completes sea voyage to India.

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
- Company of St Sebastian.
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

Renaissance Dance Links

15th Century Italian Dance: http://www.sca.org.au/del/ddb/sections/15th_c_italian_dance.html
15th century Burgundian Basse Danse: http://www.sca.org.au/del/ddb/sections/burgundian_basse_danse.html

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 == Events ==
 * [[Renaissance]] affects [[philosophy]], [[science]] and [[art]].
-* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lollardy Lollardy] is suppressed in [[England]]
+* [[Lollardy]] is suppressed in [[England]]
 ===1410s===
-* 1410: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Badby John Badby] is the first person [[burned at the stake]] for [[heresy]] in [[England]].
+* 1410: [[John Badby]] is the first person [[burned at the stake]] for [[heresy]] in [[England]].
 : 15 July: The Battle of Grunwald or 1st Battle of Tannenberg was fought during the Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War.
-* 1414: In the summer, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunger_War Hunger War] or Famine War was fought between the allied Kingdom of Poland and Grand Duchy of [[Lithuania]] against the Teutonic Knights.
+* 1414: In the summer, the [[Hunger War]] or Famine War was fought between the allied Kingdom of Poland and Grand Duchy of [[Lithuania]] against the Teutonic Knights.
-* 1415, 6 July: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Huss John Hus] is burned at the stake.
+* 1415, 6 July: [[John Hus]] is burned at the stake.
 : 25 October: Henry V of England allies with Burgundy and defeats the French at the [[Battle of Agincourt]]; part of the [[Hundred Years War]].
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 ===1470s===
-* ~1470: Rise of Modern [[English]] [[language]] from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_english Middle English].
+* ~1470: Rise of Modern [[English]] [[language]] from [[Middle English]].
 ===1480s===
-* 1480: The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Inquisition Spanish Inquisition] is established.
+* 1480: The [[Spanish Inquisition]] is established.
 ===1490s===