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1 giorno fa · The Renaissance was a period in European civilization that immediately followed the Middle Ages and reached its height in the 15th century. It is conventionally held to have been characterized by a surge of interest in Classical scholarship and values.
- The High Renaissance
Humanistic studies continued under the powerful popes of the...
- Counter-Reformation
Counter-Reformation, the Roman Catholic efforts directed in...
- The High Renaissance
4 giorni fa · The Roman Renaissance occurred in the 15th century, when Rome replaced Florence as the centre of artistic and cultural influence. The Roman Renaissance was cut short abruptly with the devastation of the city in 1527, but the Papacy reasserted itself in the Counter-Reformation , and the city continued to flourish during the early ...
1 giorno fa · In the 15th century, the Plantagenets were defeated in the Hundred Years' War and beset with social, political and economic problems. Popular revolts were common-place, triggered by the denial of numerous freedoms.
5 giorni fa · Date: 1337 - 1453. Location: Europe. Flanders. France. Spain. Kingdom of Navarre. Participants: France. England. Major Events: Battle of Agincourt. Battle of Crécy. Battle of Poitiers. Battle of Sluys. Battle of the Thirty. Key People: Charles VII. Edward III. Edward The Black Prince. Henry V. St. Joan of Arc. On the Web:
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- The Hundred Years’ War was an intermittent struggle between England and France in the 14th–15th century. At the time, France was the richest, large...
- By convention, the Hundred Years’ War is said to have started on May 24, 1337, with the confiscation of the English-held duchy of Guyenne by French...
- On August 29, 1475, English King Edward IV and French King Louis XI met at Picquigny, France, and decided upon a seven years’ truce, agreeing in th...
1 giorno fa · Both the starting and ending date of the Reformation have always been debated. The most commonly used starting date is 31 October 1517—the day when the German theologian Martin Luther (d. 1546) allegedly nailed up a copy of his disputation paper on indulgences and papal power known as the Ninety-five Theses to the door of the ...
5 giorni fa · What was Vasco da Gama best known for? What did Vasco da Gama discover? Summarize This Article. Vasco da Gama (born c. 1460, Sines, Portugal—died December 24, 1524, Cochin, India) was a Portuguese navigator whose voyages to India (1497–99, 1502–03, 1524) opened up the sea route from western Europe to the East by way of the Cape of Good Hope.
22 ore fa · University of Cambridge. Citation: Sam Kennerley, review of Reformations: The Early Modern World, 1450-1650, (review no. 2109) DOI: 10.14296/RiH/2014/2109. Date accessed: 2 June, 2024. Carlos Eire’s Reformations aims to provide a readership of ‘beginners and nonspecialists’ (p. xii) with an introduction to European history between 1450 and 1650.
