Renaissance Literature
Chris
Mike
Maggie
Historical Events
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Michelangelo sculpts “David”—1501-1504
Leonardo da Vinci paints Mona Lisa—1503
Martin Luther posts his thesis—1517
Magellan sails around the world—15191520
John Calvin founds the “City of God” in
Geneva—1541
More Historical Events
Beginning of the Spanish
Inquisition—1564
 Fall of the Incaian Empire—1571
 Sir Walter Raleigh in Virginia—1584
 Spanish Armada defeated by
England—1588
 Pilgrim Fathers sail from England—
1620
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Literary Works and Authors
Faerie Queen by Edmund Spenser
 The plays and sonnets of Wm.
Shakespeare
 Volpone—Ben Johnson
 Astrophel and Stella—Sir Philip
Sydney
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More Works and Authors
Tamburlain the Great (I and II)—
Christopher Marlowe
 The Burning Babe—Robert Southwell
 A Dialogue between two
shepherds—Mary (Sidney) Herbert
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Our Websites
http://orb.rhodes.edu/schriber/chro
nology.html
 http://www.sacklunch.net/biography
/W/WilliamOfOrange.html
 http://www.luminarium.org
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