Feudalism Falls; Renaissance Rises

The Hundred

Years’ War (1337 – 1453)

& Joan du Arc (1412 – 1431)

The Black Plague (1348-1351)

Ferdinand and Isabella

King and Queen of Castille and

AragonMarried: 1469

The Reconquista of Spain

The InquisitionPainting by Goya

Avignon Papacy (1309 – 1377)

Selling of Indulgences

Johann Gutenberg &

Johan Fust1st bible copied on a moveable

type pressc. 1455

Illumination added by hand after printing

Trade and Commerce Change Town Life

The Growth of Italian City-States: Florence

The Spirit of the Renaissance

Francesco Petrarca

(Petrarch)The founder of

Italian Humanismd.1374

The School of Athens by Rafael c.1510