1200

1300

1400

History & World Events

MaliEmpire
(12301315)

MarcoPoloreachesChina
(ca.1275)

AvignonPapacy
(13091377)

AztecEmpire
(13251521)

HundredYearWar
(13371453)

BlackDeath
(13471375)

Jacquerie(peasantuprising)
1358

GreatSchism
(13781417)

EarlyRenaissance
(ca.14001490)

ZhuDisponsorsChinasnaval
expeditions
(14041424)

CouncilofPisa
(1409)

Literature & Philosophy

Sundiata
(12301315)

Architecture, & Visual & Performing Arts

Petrarch,Canzoniere
(ca.1350)

Boccaccio,Decameron
(1351)

IbnBattuta,BookofTravels
(1354)

Chaucer,CanterburyTales
(ca.1390)

Giotto,Lamentation
(13051306)

Giotto,MadonnaEnthroned
(1310)

Machaut,MessedeNotreDame(MassofOur
Lady)
(1364)

ChristinedePisan,Bookofthe
CityofLadies
(1405)

Pico,OrationontheDignityof
Man
(1496)

Jean,Pol,andHermanLimbourg,TresRiches
Heures
(ca.14131416)

Masaccio,TheTributeMoney
(ca.1425)

LorenzoGhiberti,GatesofParadise
(14251442)

History & World Events

CouncilofConstanceheals
schism
(1417)

PopeLeoX
(14251521)

AztecEmpire
(13251521)

Gutenbergperfectstheprinting
press
(1450)

FallofConstantinople
(1453)

PlatonicAcademyfoundedin
Florence
(1462)

LorenzodeMediciruled
Florence
(14691492)

HighRenaissance
(ca.14901530)

Columbusfirstvoyage
(1492)

VascodaGamareachesIndia
(1498)

Literature & Philosophy

Architecture, & Visual & Performing Arts

Masaccio,TrinitywiththeVirgin,SaintJohn
theEvangelist,andDonors
(ca.14261427)

Donatello,David
(completed1432)

JanvanEyck,ManinaTurban(SelfPortrait)
(1433)

JanvanEyck,MarriageofGiovanniArnolfini
andHisBride
(1434)

BrunelleschicompletesthedomeofFlorence
Chapel
(1436)

MediciPalace
(14441460)

GuillaumeDufay,Missalhommearme
(ca.1450)

BenozzoGozzoli,ProcessionoftheMagi
(1459)

LeonBattistaAlberti,SantaMariaNovella
(completed1470)

AndreadelVerrocchio,LorenzodeMedici
(ca.1478)

SandroBotticelli,BirthofVenus
(after1482)

History & World Events

1500

CharlesV,HolyRomanEmpire
(15001558)

LutherpoststheNinetyFive
Theses
(1517)

CortesinMexico
(1519)

GermanPeasantRevolts
(1524)

HenryVIIIestablishesthe
AnglicanChurch
(1526)

PizarroconquersPeru
(1531)

Transatlanticslavetradebegins
(1551)

FirstSpanishcolonyFlorida
(1565)

Literature & Philosophy

Erasmus,ThePraiseofFolly
(1511)

Machiavelli,ThePrince
(1513)

Mores,Utopia
(1516)

Castiglione,TheBookofthe
Courtier
(1518)

Cortes,LettersfromMexico
(1520)

Luther,AddresstotheGerman
Nobility
(1520)

Vesalius,Anatomy
(1543)

Copernicus,OntheRevolutionof
theHeavenlySpheres
(1543)

Architecture, & Visual & Performing Arts

LeonardodaVinci,LastSupper
(ca.14851498)

HansHolbeintheYounger,DanceofDeath
(ca.1490)

MachuPicchu
(ca.1500)

Michelangelo,David
(15011504)

LeonardodaVinci,MonaLisa
(ca.15031505)

Michelangelo,SistineChapel
(15081512)

Raphael,TheSchoolofAthens
(15091511)

MatthiasGrunewald,IsenheimAltarpiece
(ca.15101515)

Raphael,TheAlbaMadonna
(ca.1510)

HieronymusBosch,TheCreationofEve:The
GardenofEarthlyDelights:Hell
(ca.15101515)

AlbrechtDurer,Knight,Death,andtheDevil
(1513)

1600

History & World Events

EnglanddefeatstheSpanish
Armada
(1588)

Literature & Philosophy

Vasari,LivesoftheMost
ExcellentPainters,Architects,
andSculptors
(1550)

Montaigne,OnCannibals
(1580)

DeclineofMayancivilization
(ca.1600)

Marinella,TheNobilityand
ExcellenceofWomenandthe
DefectsandVicesofMen
(1600)

Shakespeare,Hamlet
(1602)

Shakespeare,Othello
(1604)

Cervantes,DonQuixote
(16051615)

Shakespeare,sonnets
(1609)

Architecture, & Visual & Performing Arts

Raphael,PortraitofBaldassareCastiglione
(ca.1515)

JosquindesPrez,Motet,TuleruntDominum
meum
(ca.1520)

AlejoFernandez,OurLadiesoftheNavigators
(1535)

PieterBruegheltheElder,TheWeddingDance
(1566)

Globeplayhouse
(15991613)