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2 days ago · By the early 15th century, the bulk of the surviving such Latin literature had been recovered; the Greek phase of Renaissance humanism was under way, as Western European scholars turned to recovering ancient Greek literary, historical, oratorical and theological texts.
5 days ago · The word umanisti derives from the studia humanitatis, a course of Classical studies that, in the early 15th century, consisted of grammar, poetry, rhetoric, history, and moral philosophy. The studia humanitatis were held to be the equivalent of the Greek paideia.
- Robert Grudin
1 day ago · Black Death, pandemic that ravaged Europe between 1347 and 1351, taking a proportionately greater toll of life than any other known epidemic or war up to that time. The Black Death is widely thought to have been the result of plague, caused by infection with the bacterium Yersinia pestis.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
1 day ago · The 15th to 18th century period is marked by the first European colonies, the rise of strong centralized governments, and the beginnings of recognizable European nation states that are the direct antecedents of today's states.
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16 hours ago · A detailed chronology of the main events that happened in 1517 during the reign of King Henry VIII, showing dates, events and details. Events are coded: Births, Baptisms, Marriages and Deaths. Trials, Imprisonments and Executions. Wars, Battles and Rebellions. Education, Art, Travel and Culture. Property and Possessions. Titles and Appointments.
2 days ago · Crusades of the 15th century are those Crusades that follow the Crusades after Acre, 1291–1399, throughout the next hundred years. In this time period, the threat from the Ottoman Empire dominated the Christian world, but also included threats from the Mamluks, Moors, and heretics.
4 days ago · Aberdeen Ph.D. 1927. Punishment as applied by the ordinary criminal courts from 1400 to 1747. R.A. MacTaggart. Glasgow Ph.D. 1969. The history and development of the charitable trust from the 15th century onwards. G.H. Jones. London Ph.D. 1961. The historical background of the English land law from 1535.
