15th century

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.

Garb 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

Other Links

• 14th Century
• 16th Century
• Period
• Wikipedia:15th Century
• 15th century fighting equipment

If you're interested in recreating the later part of the 15th century then you may want to talk to some of the folks in the Company of St Sebastian.