15th century
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Events
- Renaissance affects philosophy, science and art.
- Rise of Modern English language from Middle English.
- Lollardy is suppressed in England; John Badby is the first person burned at the stake for heresy in England.
- Great Schism of the Catholic Church is ended in 1417.
- Jeanne d'Arc in 1429 leads French forces to a victory against England in a battle of the Hundred Years' War.
- Constantinople falls to the Ottoman Empire in 1453.
- John Huss is burned at the stake
- Niccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince.
- The Spanish Inquisition is established.
- Muslims and Jews are expelled from southern Spain after almost 800 years of Muslim rule, in 1492.
- Christopher Columbus reaches Caribbean islands in 1492 and South America in 1498.
- Vasco da Gama completes sea voyage to India, in 1498.
- The Wars of the Roses rage 1455-1485
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Significant people
- Filippo Brunelleschi invents one-point perspective, leads innovation in Italian architecture
- Leonardo da Vinci, inventor and painter
- Henry VII, English King founds the Tudor dynasty
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Inventions, Discoveries, Introductions
- Printing technology refined by Johann Gutenberg.
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Some Groups That Cover This Period
- SCA
- Re-Enactors
- Buckingham's Retinue] - UK
- Kingmakers - Australia
- Das Toricht Lieben - Australia
- York City Levy -UK
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Internal Links
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External Links
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Clothing Links
- Pictures of 15th century Female Dress including burgundian - http://www.uvm.edu/~hag/sca/15th/index.html
- The golden crown of Queen Margaret - http://www.virtue.to/articles/margaret.html
- Some Clothing of the Middle Ages - http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/cloth/bockhome.html
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