WMS Renaissance Introduction

Who were the Borgias?

• descendants of a noble line, originally from Valencia, Spain, that established roots in Italy and became prominent in ecclesiastical and political affairs in the 1400s and 1500s. The house of the Borgias produced two popes and many other political and church leaders. Some members of the family became known for their treachery.

• Polish astronomer who proposed that the planets have the Sun as the fixed point to which their motions are to be referred; that Earth is a planet which, besides orbiting the Sun annually, also turns once daily on its own axis;

• an English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, theologian, and author who is widely recognised as one of the most influential scientists of all time and as a key figure in the scientific revolution.

• an Italian astronomer, physicist and engineer, sometimes described as a polymath, from Pisa, Italy. Galileo has been called the "father of observational astronomy", the "father of modern physics", the "father of the scientific method", and the "father of modern science"

Who was Copernicus?

• an Italian astronomer, physicist and engineer, sometimes described as a polymath, from Pisa, Italy. Galileo has been called the "father of observational astronomy", the "father of modern physics", the "father of the scientific method", and the "father of modern science"

• Polish astronomer who proposed that the planets have the Sun as the fixed point to which their motions are to be referred; that Earth is a planet which, besides orbiting the Sun annually, also turns once daily on its own axis;

• an English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, theologian, and author who is widely recognised as one of the most influential scientists of all time and as a key figure in the scientific revolution.

• a German goldsmith, inventor, printer, and publisher who introduced printing to Europe with the printing press. His introduction of mechanical movable type printing to Europe started the Printing Revolution and is regarded as a milestone of the second millennium, ushering in the modern period of human history

What was the Counter Reformation?

• a period in British history during the reign of Elizabeth I in the 16th century; an age marked by literary achievement and domestic prosperity.

• a city in central Italy, on the River Arno in Tuscany: became an independent republic in the 14th century; under Austrian and other rule intermittently from 1737 to 1859; capital of Italy 1865–70. It was the major cultural and artistic centre of the Renaissance and is still one of the world's chief art centres

• an Italian polymath of the Renaissance whose areas of interest included invention, drawing, painting, sculpture, architecture, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany, paleontology, and cartography.

• was the period of Catholic resurgence that began in response to the Protestant Reformation. It began with the Council of Trent (1545–1563) and largely ended with the conclusion of the European wars of religion in 1648

What was the Elizabethan Age?

• an Italian polymath of the Renaissance whose areas of interest included invention, drawing, painting, sculpture, architecture, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany, paleontology, and cartography.

• a period in British history during the reign of Elizabeth I in the 16th century; an age marked by literary achievement and domestic prosperity.

• an Italian astronomer, physicist and engineer, sometimes described as a polymath, from Pisa, Italy. Galileo has been called the "father of observational astronomy", the "father of modern physics", the "father of the scientific method", and the "father of modern science"

• an English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, theologian, and author who is widely recognised as one of the most influential scientists of all time and as a key figure in the scientific revolution.

What is Florence?

• an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers

• a German professor of theology, composer, priest, monk and an important figure in the Protestant Reformation

• a city in central Italy, on the River Arno in Tuscany: became an independent republic in the 14th century; under Austrian and other rule intermittently from 1737 to 1859; capital of Italy 1865–70. It was the major cultural and artistic centre of the Renaissance and is still one of the world's chief art centres

• an Italian banking family and political dynasty that first began to be important under Cosimo de' Medici in the Republic of Florence during the first half of the 15th centur

Who was Galileo Galilei?

• an English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, theologian, and author who is widely recognized as one of the most influential scientists of all time and as a key figure in the scientific revolution.

• a German professor of theology, composer, priest, monk and an important figure in the Protestant Reformation

• an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers

• an Italian astronomer, physicist and engineer, sometimes described as a polymath, from Pisa, Italy. Galileo has been called the "father of observational astronomy", the "father of modern physics", the "father of the scientific method", and the "father of modern science"

Who is Isaac Newton?

• an English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, theologian, and author who is widely recognized as one of the most influential scientists of all time and as a key figure in the scientific revolution.

• an Italian astronomer, physicist and engineer, sometimes described as a polymath, from Pisa, Italy. Galileo has been called the "father of observational astronomy", the "father of modern physics", the "father of the scientific method", and the "father of modern science"

• an Italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet of the High Renaissance born in the Republic of Florence, who exerted an important influence on the development of Western art

• a French judge, man of letters, and political philosopher.

  He is the principal source of the theory of separation of powers, which is implemented in many constitutions throughout the world

Who was Johannes Gutenberg?

• a German goldsmith, inventor, printer, and publisher who introduced printing to Europe with the printing press. His introduction of mechanical movable type printing to Europe started the Printing Revolution and is regarded as a milestone of the second millennium, ushering in the modern period of human history

• an English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, theologian, and author who is widely recognised as one of the most influential scientists of all time and as a key figure in the scientific revolution.

• an Italian banking family and political dynasty that first began to be important under Cosimo de' Medici in the Republic of Florence during the first half of the 15th century.

• Polish astronomer who proposed that the planets have the Sun as the fixed point to which their motions are to be referred; that Earth is a planet which, besides orbiting the Sun annually, also turns once daily on its own axis;

Who was John Locke?

• an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers

• an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers

• a German goldsmith, inventor, printer, and publisher who introduced printing to Europe with the printing press. His introduction of mechanical movable type printing to Europe started the Printing Revolution and is regarded as a milestone of the second millennium, ushering in the modern period of human history

• an Italian polymath of the Renaissance whose areas of interest included invention, drawing, painting, sculpture, architecture, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany, paleontology, and cartography.

Who was Leonardo da Vinci?

• an Italian polymath of the Renaissance whose areas of interest included invention, drawing, painting, sculpture, architecture, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany, paleontology, and cartography.

• an Italian polymath of the Renaissance whose areas of interest included invention, drawing, painting, sculpture, architecture, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany, paleontology, and cartography.

• an English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, theologian, and author who is widely recognised as one of the most influential scientists of all time and as a key figure in the scientific revolution.

• a German professor of theology, composer, priest, monk and an important figure in the Protestant Reformation