Timeline project about the renaissance

Question

This project requires you to research a minimum of 15

This project requires you to research a minimum of 15 noteworthy events from the Renaissance and Protestant Reformation and do the following:Identify and note the date (or span of time) when each event occurred.

Write down a summary of each event.

What occurred? Why is the event significant?

Using the events/dates you generated, plot all 15 events on your timeline.

Your timeline needs to include the following information (with a minimum of 15 total events):artistic innovations

pieces of art by famous Renaissance artists (e.g., Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo)

scientific innovations

discoveries by famous scientists (e.g., Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler)

innovations in literacy

the invention of the printing press and translations of the Bible

events of the Protestant Reformation

events brought about by notable Protestant reformers (e.g., Martin Luther, John Calvin, King Henry VIII)

events of the Counter-Reformation (e.g., Council of Trent)

discovery of the Americaseach event has to be summarized with YOUR OWN WORDS not taking information directly from a source and using it as your own, You also need to include a WORKS CITED PAGE (sources) in MLA format.

Answer 1

Hi Lila,

I know this question is a bit old, but I'm going to answer it anyway, just in case someone else comes along wanting similar information.

Fun fact: the word "renaissance" comes from the French word meaning "rebirth" which this time period literally was - a "rebirth" of new ideas, philosophy, art, inventions, political thoughts...you mention it....people were full of new ideas.... following the Middle Ages. This took place between the 14th and 17th century, and is considered the cultural bridge between that dark time period to our modern-day civilization.

Famous people that came from this time period include people we still talk about today like Leonardo da Vinci - amazing all around super guy - painter, architect and genius inventor of mechanical things like a self-propelled cart and the parachute, but also things well beyond his time period like the bicycle, helicopter, submarine and even military armored tank - centuries before their time - he was a great visionary. You might know him for arts of work like the "Mona Lisa" or "The Last Supper".

This was also a time period for star gazers, or astronomers, working with new found telescopes to discover stars and moons and pioneer the mapping of our solar system, like Galileo and Capernicus.

But it wasn't just all science and math, there were philosphers and writers and poets as well. Geoffrey Chaucer, English poet who is known for "Canterbury Tales" and who can forget the famous saying "I think, therefore I am," by Rene Descartes, French philospher.

I would suggest going to the History Channel website - they have some great resources on there, as well as some videos and shows that may be of interest. Enjoy!

~ Carol G.