Important People

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Petrarch

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Promoted and translated ancient Greek and roman texts

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Erasmus

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Believed the bible should be translated into vernacular languages

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Guillaume Bude

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Questioned the interpretations of the medieval commentors

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Michele de Montaigne

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First person to write essays

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Donatello

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Developed a new technique for casting bronze statues,famous for his statue of David

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Filippo Brunelleschi

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Fist person to use perspective

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Masaccio

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First person to use linear and Ariel perspective

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Sofonisba anguissola

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Her paintings used the individuality and personality of her subjectsh

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Michelangelo

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Famous for his marble David, his work on the Sistine chapel and his sculpture pieta

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Von Eyck

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invented oil painting

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Albretch durer

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Know for his fine woodcuts. Paid attention to detail,uses shadows and light to represent individualism

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Pieter Bruegel

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Was the first person to paint landscapes

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Leonardo DA Vinci

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Known as the renaissance man,in art used the technique of blurred lines and painted the Mona Lida and the last supper.Also dissected carcasses and made detailed notes and drawings which helped physicians and artists.He aslo recorded plans for inventions.

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Francois viete

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Wrote books on trigonometry and math.Came up with solutions for doubling a cube and trisecting an angle

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Nicolaus Copernicus

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Proved that the sun is the center of the universe and that the earth rotates in its axis

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Peter Heinlein

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Invented the spring powered clock

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Marguerite de Navarre

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Called herself the Prime minister of the Poor.Felt the bible should be translated into vernacular languages.Was a patron if the arts

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Martin luther

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Started the Protestant reformation in germany

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John Knox

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Developed the Presbyterian church in Scotland

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Henry VIII

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Created the Anglican Church in england

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John calvin

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Created Calvinism in Switzerland

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Henry the navigator

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Creating new navigational tools like the quadrant and perfected mathematical tables for latitude.Was the first captain to make his sailor keeps logs of their journeys.

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Bartholomew Diaz

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The first European to reach the cape of goof hope

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Ferdinand Magellan

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Found a passageway at the tip of south america

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Oda nobunaga

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First shogun.Established castles,reduced Buddhist influence,and introduced new administrative practices

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Toyotomi Hideyoshi

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Centralized government power,koku,formal class structure,standing army,disarmed farmers,expand,supported the arts.

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Tokugawa Iyeshu

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Government in Edo and final unification of Japan

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Sakuma shozan

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Worked with the bakufu and promoted the learning of western technology

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Yoshida Shoin

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Urged the overthrow of the bakufu and wanted the power to go to the emporer.Wanted to declare war on Korea and other neighbouring countries

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Tokugawa Nariaki

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Believed the shogun should resign and the imperial court should be in charge

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Li Naosuke

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Urged Japan to open its borders and thought that gradually by treaties Japan could isolate themselves again in the the future

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Matsuka masayoshi

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Minister of Finance that doubled Japans national income