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1 day ago · Early 15th century: Coil spring in Europe; 15th century: Mainspring in Europe; 15th century: Rifle in Europe; 1420s: Brace in Flandres, Holy Roman Empire; 1439: Printing press in Mainz, Germany: The printing press is invented in the Holy Roman Empire by Johannes Gutenberg before 1440, based on existing screw presses.
5 days ago · In his first chapter (‘Age of Breakthroughs’), Eire argues that Europe had already gone through a series of reformations in the late 15th century, well before Luther arrived on the scene: the ‘discovery’ of the Americas, the arrival of the printing press in Europe, urbanisation, changes in warfare, and the growth of bureaucracy and ever ...
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3 days ago · Conceived by Pope Urban II following an appeal from the Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenos, the Crusade was a success with Christian forces taking control of Jerusalem on 15 July 1099. More about: First Crusade. Timeline. Apr 1081 - Aug 1118. Reign of Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenos . 1088 - 1099. Reign of Pope Urban II. 1095 - 1102.
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3 days ago · Reconfiguring the Fifteenth-Century Crusade. London, Palgrave Macmillan, 2017, ISBN: 9781137462800; 360pp.; Price: £80.00. For generations of historians, the fall of the Christian-held city of Acre to the Mamluk forces of al-Ashraf Khalil in 1291 brought about the end of the crusading era. The final destruction of the Latin States of the ...
3 days ago · The Florentine Renaissance was divided into several periods. Until the middle of the 15th century, this movement was based on technical and practical approaches, then a second phase covering the period of Lorenzo de' Medici 's reign, from 1450 to 1492, was characterised by mainly intellectual contributions.
4 days ago · Armenian Genocide, campaign of deportation and mass killing conducted against the Armenian subjects of the Ottoman Empire by the Young Turk government during World War I. Armenians charge that the campaign was a deliberate attempt to destroy the Armenian people and, thus, an act of genocide.
4 days ago · The Chamber in the sixteenth century. The chamberlain was elected or re-elected annually by the commonalty on the day of election of the sheriffs but from 1491 the commonalty's choice was limited to one of two persons nominated by the mayor and aldermen. (fn. 77) In the hierarchy of city office he ranked second only to the recorder and of the ...
