HIST 1400 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Bartolomeu Dias, Johannes Gutenberg, Babylonian Captivity
29 Nov 2016
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Invention of the printing press accelerated travel of information and reports of riches in the new world. Competition for power in italy increased in violence. Increase in aristocratic patronage and a new opportunity for renaissance men. Humanist approach to education spread around europe and influenced new approaches to biblical scholarships and political philosophies. Spain was the newest and most powerful euro state. 1492 re-conquest of the iberian peninsula: looked to counter the successful colonial ventures of the portuguese and the beginning of the spanish empire. 1488~ bartolomeu dias rounds the cape of good hope (africa) 1494~ the treaty of tordesillas divided undiscovered world into spanish and. 1512~michaelangelo finishes his painting of the sistine chapel. 1519-1521~ azte(cid:272) (cid:449)a(cid:396)s e(cid:374)a(cid:271)le co(cid:396)t s(cid:859) (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:395)uest of me(cid:454)i(cid:272)o. Johannes gutenberg of mainz~ son of a goldsmith invented the printing press. Invention of the coin and the printing press did the same thing for their time. Wide spread availability of paper lead to these inventions.
