Padlet Project by Xavier Sanchez https://padlet.com/21sanxav/7lc6q7j8exb9 12 Important Renaissance Figures en-us 2018-09-13 15:29:20 UTC 2018-09-14 15:49:26 UTC hello@padlet.com Martin Luther 21sanxav https://padlet.com/21sanxav/7lc6q7j8exb9/wish/280896205
  • A near death experience inspired him to become a monk
  • Luther had to be 'kidnapped' by his friend to avoid severe repercussions from the Catholic Church
  • He translated the entire New Testament from Greek to German in just 11 week
    • ]]>     2018-09-13 15:30:34 UTC https://padlet.com/21sanxav/7lc6q7j8exb9/wish/280896205     John Calvin 21sanxav https://padlet.com/21sanxav/7lc6q7j8exb9/wish/280901150
  • Calvin was a stepfather (he married a widow, Idelette, who had two children) but had no surviving children himself
  • Reformer in Geneva during the Protestant Reformation
  • In 1536, he published the landmark text Institutes of the Christian Religion, an early attempt to standardize the theories of Protestantism
    • ]]>     2018-09-13 15:37:59 UTC https://padlet.com/21sanxav/7lc6q7j8exb9/wish/280901150     Henry VIII 21sanxav https://padlet.com/21sanxav/7lc6q7j8exb9/wish/281377194
  • He received an excellent education and learned to speak Latin and French, as well as some Italian
  • The young Henry was athletic and sporty. He loved jousting, hunting and playing tennis
  • He loved music. He could play the lute and the organ and had a good singing voice

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