https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0 History Project G10 en-us 2016-12-02 01:46:40 UTC 2025-10-25 04:24:25 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Thunder.png 4804209231 https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141290703 Florence is a city in the Tuscany region of northern Italy that was the center of the Italian Renaissance. The Renaissance began in the 1300s and peaked around 1500. At the center of the Renaissance was a movement called Humanism. Humanists believed that education should stimulate an individual’s creative power.

]]> 2016-12-02 01:52:23 UTC https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141290703 4804209231 https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141291193 2016-12-02 01:59:22 UTC https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141291193 4804209231 https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141291615 2016-12-02 02:05:47 UTC https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141291615 4804209231 https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141291649 2016-12-02 02:06:22 UTC https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141291649 4804209231 https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141291789 Leonardo da Vinci (1452- 1519) was a creative genius and master artist in Florence. He was a painter, inventor and mathematician. He painted some of the most famous paintings in the world like the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper. He also made sketches of flying machines and undersea boats centuries before airplanes and submarines were invented. 

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]]> 2016-12-02 02:33:35 UTC https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141293231 4804209231 https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141293407 2016-12-02 02:36:40 UTC https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141293407 4804209231 https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141293411 2016-12-02 02:36:43 UTC https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141293411 4804209231 https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141293412 2016-12-02 02:36:44 UTC https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141293412 4804209231 https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141293491 Baldassare Castiglione (1478-1529) was an Italian author who wrote The Book of the Courtier. It described manners, skills, learning and virtues that a member of the court should have. He was born in Italy where he did much of his work but died in Spain.]]> 2016-12-02 02:37:57 UTC https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141293491 4804209231 https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141293621 2016-12-02 02:39:24 UTC https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141293621 4804209231 https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141293687 2016-12-02 02:40:27 UTC https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141293687 4804209231 https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141293689 2016-12-02 02:40:31 UTC https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141293689 4804209231 https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141293762 Niccolo Machiavelli wrote a guide for rulers on how to gain and maintain power. In his book, The Prince, he urged rulers to use whatever means necessary to achieve their goals, even if they were ruthless. He lived and worked in Florence from 1469-1527.

]]> 2016-12-02 02:41:41 UTC https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141293762 4804209231 https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141293861 2016-12-02 02:43:09 UTC https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141293861 4804209231 https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141293864 2016-12-02 02:43:12 UTC https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141293864 4804209231 https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141293867 2016-12-02 02:43:14 UTC https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141293867 4804209231 https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141293963 Petrach was a Florentine Renaissance humanist, poet and scholar. He assembled a library of Greek and Roman manuscripts in monasteries and churches. His efforts enabled the works of great writers like Homer, Cicero and Virgil to again become known as western Europeans. He lived in Italy and France from 1304-1374.

]]> 2016-12-02 02:44:26 UTC https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141293963 4804209231 https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141294184 2016-12-02 02:47:23 UTC https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141294184 4804209231 https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141294187 2016-12-02 02:47:23 UTC https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141294187 4804209231 https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141294191 2016-12-02 02:47:25 UTC https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141294191 4804209231 https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141294294 Johan Gutenberg invented the printing press and printed the first complete edition of the Christian bible with moveable type. The printing revolution brought enormous change by exposing educated Europeans to new ideas and new places. He lived in Germany from 1398 - 1468.

]]> 2016-12-02 02:48:36 UTC https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141294294 4804209231 https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141294445 2016-12-02 02:50:19 UTC https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141294445 4804209231 https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141294447 2016-12-02 02:50:20 UTC https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141294447 4804209231 https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141294448 2016-12-02 02:50:21 UTC https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141294448 4804209231 https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141294477 Albrecht Durer was a German painter influenced by the Italian Renaissance. He applied painting techniques to engraving (etching a design on a metal plate with acid). He lived 1471-1528 in Nuremberg, Germany.

]]> 2016-12-02 02:50:38 UTC https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141294477 4804209231 https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141294668 2016-12-02 02:52:54 UTC https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141294668 4804209231 https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141294672 2016-12-02 02:52:56 UTC https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141294672 4804209231 https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141294676 2016-12-02 02:52:58 UTC https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141294676 4804209231 https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141294722 Desiderius Erasmus was a Dutch priest and humanist who wrote texts on many subjects and used his knowledge of classical languages to produce a new Greek edition of the Christian Bible. He lived in the Netherlands and Switzerland from 1466 - 1536.

]]> 2016-12-02 02:53:54 UTC https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141294722 4804209231 https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141294845 2016-12-02 02:55:59 UTC https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141294845 4804209231 https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141294847 2016-12-02 02:56:01 UTC https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141294847 4804209231 https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141294851 2016-12-02 02:56:03 UTC https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141294851 4804209231 https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141294903 Sir Thomas More was a humanist who supported social reform. In his book, Utopia, he describes an ideal society in which men and women live in peace and harmony. He lived from 1478-1535 in London.

]]> 2016-12-02 02:56:42 UTC https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141294903 4804209231 https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141295019 2016-12-02 02:58:30 UTC https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141295019 4804209231 https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141295020 2016-12-02 02:58:30 UTC https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141295020 4804209231 https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141295026 2016-12-02 02:58:33 UTC https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141295026 4804209231 https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141295064 William Shakespeare was a major figure in Renaissance poetry and plays. Between 1590 and 1613, he wrote 37 plays that are still performed today. His works explore Renaissance ideals such as the complexity of the individual and the importance of the classics. He lived in Stratford-Upon-Avon from 1564-1616.]]> 2016-12-02 02:59:13 UTC https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141295064 4804209231 https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141295125 2016-12-02 03:00:23 UTC https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141295125 4804209231 https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141295130 2016-12-02 03:00:26 UTC https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141295130 4804209231 https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141295134 2016-12-02 03:00:30 UTC https://padlet.com/4804209231/doq1o2jj45y0/wish/141295134