The Renaissance and The Protestant Reformation by Sade Mitchell

Leonardo da Vinci

sademitchell — 2025-09-29 00:11:46 UTC

Leonardo da Vinci was a very famous artist during the Renaissance time period. He was also many other things like an engineer, a scientist, inventor, etc. His main contributions and what he is most known for are his paintings, like the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper.

William Shakespeare

sademitchell — 2025-09-29 00:23:26 UTC

William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet, actor, and theater entrepreneur. He's mostly known as the greatest writer in the English language, and for his plays like Romeo and Juliet. He was important to the Renaissance because he used humanism values in most of his works, unlike works from the early Renaissance era.

Johannes Gutenburg

sademitchell — 2025-09-29 00:37:32 UTC

Johannes Gutenburg was a German craftsman and inventor. His contribution to the Renaissance and what he's mainly known for is his invention of the printing press.

Michelangelo

sademitchell — 2025-09-29 00:44:55 UTC

Michelangelo was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet during the Renaissance. He is mostly remembered for his sculpture David, and for his paintings on the Sistine Chapel. He changed the Renaissance by setting unparalleled standards with his art, and also influencing the humanist beliefs.

Martin Luther

sademitchell — 2025-09-29 01:15:04 UTC

Martin Luther was a German priest, theologian, author, hymnwriter, professor, and former Augustinian friar. Martin Luther is mainly known for challenging the Catholic Church's practices, and the selling of indulgences. He changed the Protestant Reformation by posting his 95 Theses on the door of a church in Wittenberg, Germany. This caused a lot of backlash towards the church, and this caused many people to follow his beliefs.

Jan Hus

sademitchell — 2025-09-29 22:30:27 UTC

Jan Hus was a Czech theologian and philosopher who became a Church reformer. He was mostly known for being a pivotal early reformer of the Catholic Church, for emphasizing Biblical authority, criticizing the clergy's corruption and the sale of indulgences, and for being a predecessor to the Protestant Reformation. He changed the Protestant Reformation by challenging the corrupt practices of the medieval Church.

King Henry Vlll

sademitchell — 2025-09-29 22:47:10 UTC

Henry Vlll was King of England from April 1509 to his death in 1547. He is mostly known for having six marriages and his hard efforts to have his first marriage annulled. He changed the Protestant Reformation by creating the Church of England because the Pope refused to annul his marriage to Catherine of Aragon.

John Wycliffe

sademitchell — 2025-09-29 22:53:52 UTC

John Wycliffe was an English scholastic philosopher, Christian reformer, Catholic priest, and a theology professor at the University of Oxford. He is mostly known for being the person who initiated the first complete translation of the Bible into English. He contributed to the Protestant Reformation by challenging the Catholic Church's authority, advocating for the Bible's supreme authority and direct access to it, and by leading the translation of the Bible into English.