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- Catherine de' Medici (7484 bytes)
1: ...scope_catherine_de_medici.jpg|thumb|Catherine de' Medici]]
3: ... Italy as '''Caterina Maria Romola di Lorenzo de' Medici''', and later lived in [[France]] under the name ...
5: ...aughter of [[Lorenzo II de' Medici]], Duke of Urbino, and a French princess, [[Madeleine de la Tour d'...
7: ...ine did produce children, and Francis lived long enough to see his grandchildren before he died.
11: ...eft the kingdom for the campaign of Metz, she was nominated [[regent]], but with very limited powers. ... - Lorenzo de' Medici (6381 bytes)
2: '''Lorenzo di Piero de' Medici''' ([[January 1]], [[1449]] – [[8 April]], ...
4: ...patron of the arts; he was also fascinated by technology. However, he was also a very religious man, o...
8: ...[Piero di Cosimo de' Medici|Piero 'the Gouty' de' Medici]] in 1469, when Lorenzo was just twenty.
10: ...ano]] in the cathedral of Florence, killing Giuliano. The conspiracy was brutally put down (against th...
12: ...red from the wrath of the Pope. He seized all the Medici assets he could find, [[excommunication|excommuni...
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- Amerigo Vespucci (3736 bytes)
8: ...ird child of a respected family. His father was a notary for the Money Changers' [[Guild]] of Florence...
10: ...nticity has been brought into doubt: the ''Mundus Novus'' ([[New World]]) and the ''Lettera'' (or "The...
14:
16: ...la]]. Vespucci claimed, in a letter to Lorenzo di Medici, that he determined his longitude celestially on ...
18: ... this also seems doubtful, since his account does not mention the broad estuary of the [[Rio de la Pla... - Catherine de' Medici (7484 bytes)
1: ...scope_catherine_de_medici.jpg|thumb|Catherine de' Medici]]
3: ... Italy as '''Caterina Maria Romola di Lorenzo de' Medici''', and later lived in [[France]] under the name ...
5: ...aughter of [[Lorenzo II de' Medici]], Duke of Urbino, and a French princess, [[Madeleine de la Tour d'...
7: ...ine did produce children, and Francis lived long enough to see his grandchildren before he died.
11: ...eft the kingdom for the campaign of Metz, she was nominated [[regent]], but with very limited powers. ... - Diane de Poitiers (2609 bytes)
1: ...ts of several [[France|French]] kings, and became notorious as the mistress of King [[Henry II of Fran...
3: ...s I]], she gained the title of Duchesse de Valentinois.
5: ...y by marrying the noble foreigner [[Catherine de' Medici]], Diane de Poitiers would remain his lifelong tr...
9: ...new Queen Catherine the "[[Golden Rose]]", he did not forget to present the royal mistress with a pear...
11: ... the beautiful [[Chⴥau de Chenonceau|Chⴥau Chenonceau]] that Catherine had wanted for herself. - Marguerite de Valois (5364 bytes)
2: ... Queen of [[France]] and [[Navarre]]. She should not be confused with [[Marguerite_of_Navarre|the fam...
4: ...Henry II of France|Henri II]] and [[Catherine de' Medici]]. Three of her brothers became kings of France:...
6: ...een of Navarre, opposed the marriage, many of her nobles supported it, and the marriage was arranged. ...
8: ...ed a hand on his sister's head, compelling her to nod in agreement.
10: ...laughter by French Catholics of thousands of Huguenots, [[St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre|a massacre]] ... - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
2: ...stuart.jpg|thumb|right|140px|Mary I of Scotland; known as Mary, Queen of Scots]]
7: ...; [[July 24]], [[1567]]. She is perhaps the best known of the Scottish monarchs, in part because of th...
15: ... 1536. Had he not died before James V, Mary would not necessarily have inherited. In this sort of [[Se...
24: ...eeves, enveloped the infant, who could sit up but not walk. She was carried by Lord Livingston in sole...
26: ...ir struck her, she began to cry. The [[Earl of Lennox]] brought forward the Sceptre and placed it in h... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
2: ...France]] and Archduchess of [[Austria]] (born [[2 November]] [[1755]] ? executed [[16 October]] [[1793...
4: ...[[Joseph II|Archduke Josef]] and ''Johanna'' in honour of Saint John the Evangelist. A court official ...
13: ...cation. She was flighty, artistic and read almost nothing. Her French was imperfect and she preferred ...
19: ... Flora". The entire city was illuminated in her honour and a few days later, she began the journey to ...
22: ...ged to [[Mary Queen of Scots]] and [[Catherine de Medici]]. The large collection of gems was valued at app... - Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
3: ...e a member of the [[Accademia dell' Arte del Disegno]] in Florence. She was also the first female arti...
12: ...ino Tassi]] to decoration of the "volte" of ''Casino della Rose'' inside the [[Pallavicini Rospiglios...
18: ..., Artemisia also painted the ''[[Madonna col Bambino]]'' (''"The Virgin Mary with Baby"''), currently ...
20: ..., Prudenzia slipped into obscurity and little is known of her subsequent life.
24: ...sy with construction of a maison to celebrate the notable ancestor, he asked Artemisia to realize a pa... - Renaissance (14795 bytes)
1: ...6th century]] in [[northern Europe]]. It is also known as "'''Rinascimento'''" (in Italian).
5: ... of [[classical education|classical learning and knowledge]] through the rediscovery of ancient texts,...
10: ... believe to not be accurate. The entire period is now often replaced by the term "[[Early Modern]]". (...
12: ...ancisco Renaissance]]. The other renaissances are not considered further in this article, which will c...
19: ...the Renaissance is almost universally ascribed to Northern Italy, especially the city of [[Florence]].... - Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
2: ... been referred to as the "father of modern [[astronomy]]," as the "father of modern [[physics]]," and ...
7: ... teaching [[geometry]], [[mechanics]], and [[astronomy]] until [[1610]]. During this time he explored ...
10: ... which he discovered what may be the oldest known non-linear relation in physics, between the tension ...
12: ...ime, which appeared to be impossible with the technology of the [[1600s]]. According to Koyr鬠the law...
16: ==Astronomy== - List of Renaissance figures (6600 bytes)
1: This is a list of notable people associated with the [[Renaissance]].
12: **[[Cosimo de' Medici]]
13: **[[Lorenzo de' Medici]] (a.k.a. ''Lorenzo il Magnifico'')
22: **[[Catherine de Medici]] Queen of France
77: * [[Jan Kochanowski]] - Plato (17363 bytes)
2: ...ater)|spring]] of water, and, metaphorically, of knowledge.
4: ...]s have come down to us under his name. All the known dialogues of Plato survive; some of the dialogu...
8: ...s of a series of footnotes to Plato." -- [[Alfred North Whitehead]], Process and Reality, 1929]]
12: ...was one of the best-known members of the Athenian nobility.--> His family claimed descent from the anc...
14: ...rsuit of a society where similar injustices could not occur. - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...egorian calendar as promulgated in [[1582]] did ''not'' specify that January 1 was to be either [[New ...
7: *[[404]] - Last known [[gladiator]] competition in [[Rome]] takes pla...
19: *[[1801]] - The first known [[asteroid]] [[1 Ceres]] is discovered by [[Giu...
22: *[[1818]] - [[Mary Shelley]]'s [[novel]] ''[[Frankenstein|Frankenstein, or The Modern...
37: *[[1911]] - [[Northern Territory]] is separated from [[South Austr... - List of popes (77758 bytes)
4: ...66 popes, depending on whether a source counts [[#Notes on numbering of popes|Stephen II]].
18: ! width="17%" | Notes
35: | <small>[[Tuscany|Tuscia]] (Northern Latium)</small>
36: | <small>Traditionally martyred (no evidence); Feast day [[23 September]]</small>
50: | <small>Martyred; feast day [[23 November]]</small> - Donatello (10376 bytes)
7: ...iore]] in Florence, while Donatello acquired his knowledge of classic forms and ornamentation. The two...
10: ... at [[Basilica di Santa Maria Novella|Santa Maria Novella]], and that Donatello, at the sight of his f...
14: ...sive, bold manner. At the same time the heads are not impersonal, but almost cruelly realistic charact...
16: ...nt is of considerable importance in Donatello's canon for it was his one of his first attempt at relie...
18: ...h [[Bernardo Rossellino]], [[Desiderio da Settignano|Desiderio]], and other sculptors of the following... - Fra Angelico (13116 bytes)
1: ...ative of [[pietistic]] painting. He is often, but not accurately, termed simply "Fiesole," which is me...
7: ... use within thirty years after his death, but was not properly [[beatification|beatified]] until [[198...
9: ...[Certosa]] of [[Florence]]; none such exist there now.
15: ...works executed in [[fresco]] were probably those, now destroyed, which he painted in the convent of S....
17: ...iece]]; he may have studied about this time the renowned frescoes in the [[Brancacci]] chapel in the F... - Sandro Botticelli (8995 bytes)
1: ...ari]] as a "[[golden age]]", a thought, suitably enough, he expressed at the head of his ''Vita'' of B...
7: ... of Venus'' (''illustration, right'') was at the Medici villa of Castello.
11: ...io Pollaiuolo]]. The repeated contacts with the [[Medici]] family were undoubtedly useful for granting him...
13: ...t. The heretical notions seem to be [[Gnosticism|gnostic]] in character:
14: ...f grave heresy. Whether this be true or not, I cannot say." (Vasari) - Baldassare Castiglione (7242 bytes)
1: '''Baldassare Castiglione, count of Novellata''' ([[December 6]], [[1478]] – [[Feb...
10: ... met [[Guidubaldo da Montefeltro]], duke of [[Urbino]], and in [[1504]] Gonzaga, although reluctant, a...
13: ... both Castiglione and the duke), and many others. Notably, guests used to organise intellectual compet...
15: ...mporary poetry, with recalls [[Vergil]], [[Poliziano]], [[Sannazzaro]].
17: ...ugh in a literary form, like with [[Ludovico da Canossa]]. - Leonardo Bruni (2706 bytes)
6: ...or as first the [[Albizzi]] family and then the [[Medici]] family dominated the city during his time in of...
10: ...artite division of history. While it probably was not Bruni's intention to secularize history, the thr... - Niccolo Machiavelli (11084 bytes)
8: ...olò Machiavelli and his wife Bartolommea di Stefano Nelli. His father was a lawyer of some repute and...
10: ...Republic]] of Florence after the expulsion of the Medici in [[1494]], travelling to European courts in [[F...
12: ...lace is unknown, however a symbolic tomb in his honor can be found at the [[Basilica di Santa Croce di...
15: ...me is now associated with the extreme view point. Notwithstanding the mitigating themes in ''The Princ...
17: ...y that offered more 'just' reasons of state, most notably those of [[Jean Bodin]] and [[Giovanni Boter... - Florence (11538 bytes)
1: ...[[1512]]-[[1527]] and [[1530]]-[[1737]]) by the [[Medici]] family.
19: ...strife was later recorded by the White Guelph [[Dino Compagni]] in his [[Chronicles of Florence]].
21: ...lowing an anti-aristocratic movement, led by [[Giano della Bella]], that resulted in a set of laws cal...
23: ...r succeeded by Cosimo's grandson, [[Lorenzo de%27 Medici|Lorenzo]] in 1469. Lorenzo was a great patron of ...
25: ... Dominican prior [[Girolamo Savonarola]], whose monomaniacal persecution of the widespread Florentine ...
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