Renaissance Period: c 1400 - 1600 A.D.. In England, some consider the Renaissance to have covered the reigns of Henry VII (1485 - 1509), Henry VIII (1509 - 1547), Edward VI (1547 - 1553), Mary I (1553 - 1558), Elizabeth I (1558 - 1603), James I (1603 - 1625), and Charles I (1625 - 1649). read more
The European Renaissance began following the black death (the Great Plague of 1348 to 1350); in Italy about 1350 and in the rest of Europe after 1450, and ended with the French Revolution about 1620. read more
England Renaissance Period: c 1400 - 1600 A.D. In England, some consider the Renaissance to have covered the reigns of Henry VII (1485 - 1509), Henry VIII (1509 - 1547), Edward VI (1547 - 1553), Mary I (1553 - 1558), Elizabeth I (1558 - 1603), James I (1603 - 1625), and Charles I (1625 - 1649). read more
Three great masters–Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Raphael–dominated the period known as the High Renaissance, which lasted roughly from the early 1490s until the sack of Rome by the troops of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V of Spain in 1527. read more