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Philip I, The Handsome
Philip the Handsome, (Felipe el Hermoso - Filips de Schone) was the son of the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I. Through his mother Mary of Burgundy he inherited the great... |
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Codex Atlanticus, Da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci, Codex Atlanticus : Autograph paper codex (1478-1518 c.), 1119 ff., 65x44cm. This is the largest collection of Leonardo's manuscript sheets, formed at t... |
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Pope Clement VII
Clement VII, Pope 1523-1534, the illegitimate son of Giuliano de' Medici, he was raised by his uncle Lorenzo de' Medici. In 1513 he was made archbishop of Florence and ca... |
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Sir Thomas More
Sir Thomas More (later canonized St. Thomas More) is famous for his book Utopia (1515) and for his martyrdom. As Chancellor to Henry VIII he refused to sanction Henry's d... |
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Juana of Castile
Joanna (Juana), called Crazy Juana (Juana La Loca), queen of Castile and mother of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, was the second daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella, ki... |
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Lucrezia Borgia
Lucrezia Borgia was the daughter of Rodrigo Borgia, the powerful Renaissance Spaniard who would later become Pope Alexander VI and Vannozza dei Cattani. Lucrezia's family... |
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Magellan, Circled the Globe - 1521
Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese sea explorer who sailed for both Portugal and Spain. He was the first to sail from Europe westwards to Asia, the first European to sai... |
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Christian II of Denmark
Christian II was a Danish monarch and King of Denmark, Norway (1513 – 1523) and Sweden (1520 – 1521), under the Kalmar Union. Christian was born the son of King Hans of D... |
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Raphael
Raphael, Italian painter and architect. He was the youngest of the three giants of the High Renaissance. Raphael is best known for his Madonnas and for his large figure... |
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Babur, Founder Mughal Dynasty India
Babur was a Muslim conqueror from Central Asia who, following a series of setbacks, finally succeeded in laying the basis for the Mughal dynasty of India. He was a direct... |
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Martin Luther
On October 31, 1517 Luther preached a sermon against indulgences and, according to traditional accounts, posted the 95 Theses to the door of the castle's Church of All Sa... |
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Ulrich Zwingli, Reformer
Ulrich Zwingli was a leader of the Swiss Reformation. While Germany struggled under the political and religious consequences of Luther's reform movement, the movement its... |
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The Birth of Venus, Botticelli
Painted for the villa of Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici at Castello; Tempera on canvas, 172.5 x 278.5 cm; now in the Galleria degli Uffizi in Florence. Among the Flo... |
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Catherine of Aragon, Henry VIII’s 1st wife
Catherine of Aragon was born in Aragon, Spain and her parents were King Ferdinand of Aragon and Queen Isabella of Castille. She was Henry VIII’s first wife and was divorc... |
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Cortez, Conqueror of Mexico - 1519
Hernando Cortez was the Spanish conqueror of Mexico. He also wiped out the Aztec Empire. Cortez was born in 1485 in Medellin, Extremadura. His parents were of small Spani... |
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