Question

What are the three most important events in the Renaissance and why?

Answer 1

Answer:

1495 - 1527 High Renaissance

1495 - Leonardo da Vinci paints the Last Supper.

1498 - Vasco da Gama arrives in India after sailing around the southern tip of Africa from Portugal.

1501 - Michelangelo begins his work on the sculpture David.

1503 - Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa.

Explanation:

One of the most important events was the Peace of Augsburg in 1555.

This was a peace treaty signed by Charles V, Holy Roman emperor at the time, and princes within the Holy Roman empire that were members of the Schmalkaldic league. This league consisted of princes that supported Lutheranism. This event was one of the main events of the Reformation and caused a serious religious division within the empire. Local princes were now allowed to choose between Catholicism and Lutheranism and this meant that the division in the Catholic church had spread to the top levels. The main principle of the treaty was “cuius regio, eius religio”. This translates to “Whose realm, his religion” and meant that the ruler of a certain area could decide which religion was practiced in that area (even though the choice was only between Catholicism and Lutheranism). This treaty was a political one as much as a religious one. Now, princes and other local rulers could choose Lutheranism if they had a quarrel with the pope or a Catholic king.