Modern World: The Age of Reason - Quick Revision Sheet
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Dates
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1393 | Manuel Chrysaloras arrives in Venice |
| 1434-1464 | Cosimo de Medici controls Florence |
| 1453 | Fall of Constantinople |
| 1479 | Ferdinand and Isabella take power in Spain |
| 1488 | Diaz rounds the Cape of Good Hope |
| 1492 | Columbus reaches America |
| 1493 | Papal Bull of Pope Alexander VI |
| 1494 | Treaty of Tordesillas |
| 1497 | Vasco da Gama's voyage to India |
| 1500 | Cabral discovers Brazil |
| 1519-1522 | Magellan's voyage; Vittoria circumnavigates the world |
| 1534 | Act of Supremacy; Society of Jesus founded |
| 1545-1563 | Council of Trent |
| 1588 | Defeat of the Spanish Armada |
| 1600 | Giordano Bruno burned in Rome |
| 1618-1648 | Thirty Years' War |
| 1657 / 1694 | Bank of Sweden / Bank of England |
Key terms
- Indulgence: papal pardon for sins bought with money.
- Simony: sale of church posts for money.
- Heliocentric: the Sun at the centre of the solar system.
- Mercantilism: state intervention to increase trade and the treasury.
- Tithe: Church tax of 10% of produce.
- Livery and maintenance: nobles' badges for followers and protection of their interests.
- Star Chamber: Henry VII's court for nobles' property cases.
Remember
- Father of modern experimental science: Roger Bacon. Father of empiricism: Francis Bacon.
- Father of Italian Renaissance literature: Petrarch.
- Reformers: Luther at Wittenberg, Zwingli at Zurich, Calvin at Geneva.
- Henry IV of Germany was excommunicated by Pope Gregory VII.
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