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Alighieri, Dante
Comedy Writer
1265-1321
He wrote The Divine Comedy, an evocation of Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven. |
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Asians-Europeans
Plague
1347-1351
Asia-Europe
It caused many epidemics resulting in 1/3 of the European population dead. |
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Boccaccio, Giovanni
Florentine author
1313-1375
Italy
He wrote The Decameron, which was a collection of stores that portrayed the lives of city people with little reference to the conventions of chivalry. |
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Buonarroti, Michelangelo
Artist
1475-1564
Italy
He transcended the rules of classical composition, distorting the proportions of the human body to express dramatic spiritual and emotional truths. He created the Pieta. |
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Castiglione, Baldassare
Author
1478-1529
Italy
He wrote The Courtier which told lower social status people etiquette to use for the higher ranks. |
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de Montaigne, Michel
Writer
1533-1592
France
He is one of the most influential writers of the French Renaissance, known for popularising the essay as a literary genre and is popularly thought of as the father of Modern Skepticism. |
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de Pisan, Christine
Poet
1365–1434
France
She strongly challenged misogyny and stereotypes prevalent in the male-dominated realm of the arts. |
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de Valla, Lorenzo
Italian humanist, Rhetorician, Educator
1407-1457
Italy
He is best known for his textual analysis that proved that the Donation of Constantine was a forgery. |
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de' Medici, Cosimo
Italian statesman and banker; known as Cosimo the Elder.
1389–1464
Italy
He laid the foundations for the Medici family's power in Florence, becoming the city's ruler in 1434 and using his considerable wealth to promote the arts and learning. |
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de' Medici, Lorenzo
Italian statesman,Scholar
(1449–92)
Italy
A patron of the arts and humanist learning, he supported Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, and Michelangelo among others |
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della Mirandola, Giovanni Pico
Italian Renaissance philosopher
1463-1494
Italy
He is famed for the events of 1486, when at the age of 23, he proposed to defend 900 theses on religion, philosophy, natural philosophy and magic against all comers, for which he wrote the famous Oration on the Dignity of Man, which has been called the "Manifesto of the Renaissance",and a key text of Renaissance humanism and of what has been called the "Hermetic Reformation". |
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Durer, Albrecht
Painter
1471-1528
Germany
A leading German painter and engraver of the Renaissance. |
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Erasmus, Desiderius
Christina, Humanist, Scholar
1469-1536
France, Northern Europe
He turned humanist methods to the study of sculpture. He paved the way for the Reformation with his satires on the Catholic Church |
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Ferdinand of Aragon
King of Castile
1452–1516
Spain
He instituted the Spanish Inquisition. |
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Cosimo de' Medici
Florentine Academy
1563-
Florence, Italy
It was founded by Cosimo de' Medici. Michelangelo Buonarroti was a member. |
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di Bondone, Giotto
Italian painter
1267–1337
Italy
He introduced a naturalistic style showing human expression. His name is associated with the legend of “Giotto's O,” in which he is said to have proven his mastery to the pope by drawing a perfect circle freehand. |
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Gutenberg, Johann
German-Inventor
1440-1550
Germany, Europe
He developed the printing press, allowing for many books to be produced. Humanists were able to develop classical studies. |
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Henry the Navigator
Prince
1394-1460
Portugal
He was an prince of the Kingdom of Portugal and an important figure in the early days of the Portuguese Empire, being responsible for the beginning of the worldwide European explorations and maritime trade. |
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Henry Tudor/ Henry VII
Diplomat, King of England
1485-1509
England
He had England and Wales have a union; united the houses of York and Lancaster. He made peace and a good economy for England. |
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Leonardo Bruni
Study of Secular Education
1392-1402
Italy
It was a movement that got many people in Italy to study antiquity. To be secular and have a worldly view rather than be religious. |
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Isabella of Castile
Queen of Castile and Leon
1451-1504
Spain
Her marriage to Ferdinand of Aragon brought an end to the anarchy of Castile and Aragon. |
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Leonardo da Vinci
Genius, Inventor, Artist, Engineer
1452-1519
Italy
He helped explore the mathematizatian of physics. He also painted the "Mona Lisa" and "The Last Supper". |
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Lorenzo the Magnificent- Lorenzo de'Medici
1449-1492
Italy
Italian statesman and scholar who supported many artists and humanists including Michelangelo and Leonardo and Botticelli. |
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Louis XI
King of France
1423-1483
France
He was the king of France who put down an alliance of unruly nobles and unified France except for Brittany. |
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Machiavelli, Niccolo
Florentine Lawyer, Politician
1469-1527
Italy
He wrote The Prince which told rulers how they should be ruling. |
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More, Sir Thomas
lawyer, lord chancellor to Henry VII
1477-1535
England
He wrote the book Utopia which told of a perfect society. |
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Nordics
1 out of 27 regions of Europe
Northern France-Nord-Pas de Calais
Prehistoric-
It is a strategic place to be in, in wars, making it fought over often. |
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Petrarch, Francesco
Florentine author
1304-1374
Italy
He wrote sonnets in Tuscan vernacular. |
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Pope Julius II-The Fearsome Pope-The Warrior Pope
1443-1513
France
He was the head of the Catholic Church from 1 November 1503 to his death in 1513. His papacy was marked by an active foreign policy, ambitious building projects, and patronage for the arts—he commissioned the destruction and rebuilding of St. Peter's Basilica, plus Michelangelo's decoration of the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. |
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Raphael-Raffaello Sanzio
Italian painter, Architect
1483–1520
Italy
He is regarded as one of the greatest artists of the Renaissance, he is particularly noted for his madonnas, including his altarpiece the Sistine Madonna |
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Savonarola, Girolamo
Italian preacher, Religious reformer
1452–1498
Italy
A Dominican monk and strict ascetic, he was popular for his passionate preaching against immorality and corruption. Although he became virtual ruler of Florence (1494–95), he was excommunicated in 1497 and later executed as a heretic |
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Theologians, Philosophers
Scholasticism
1100–1500
Medieval Europe
The system of theology and philosophy taught in medieval European universities, based on Aristotelian logic and the writings of the early Church Fathers and having a strong emphasis on tradition and dogma |
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Rennaisance man
Intellectual movement
1340-1520
Europe
It was a period of enlightenment where people developed new intellectual interests. |
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