What in the world was going on. Reformation What in the world was going on.
Pressure Points 1490-1510 Politics Culture Reformation Technology Science Technology Reformation
European Nations France had a King. Spain had a King. England had a King Germany had the elected Holy Roman Emperor.. Italy was not a nation.
Rise of Islam
Islam in Europe 1500
Technology Guttenberg Press about 1450 Consequences The relatively unrestricted circulation of information— including revolutionary ideas— transcended borders, captured the masses in the Reformation and threatened the power of political and religious authorities; the sharp increase in literacy broke the monopoly of the literate elite on education and learning and bolstered the emerging middle class.
Science Columbus 1492 Copernicus 1510 “Discovered” America and two new continents Copernicus 1510 Proposed heliocentric universe
Culture Renaissance 1350-1600 Black Death (Plague) Islamic conquest of Constantinople Spanish defeat of Islam Increased trade centered in Florence, Venice, Genoa