THE RENAISSANCE

NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI

• He was born on May 3, 1469 in Florence Italy.
• In 1512 Niccolo was thrown in jail when the Medici family returned.
• In jail he wrote The Price, a handbook for politicians to be ruthless
• Died June 21, 1527.

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

• Worked for the Chamberlains men theater
• Wrote Romeo and Juliet in Chamberlains theater.
• Chamberlains theater shut down.
• He started to work at the Globe Theater.
• Wrote Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth.

Johannes Gutenberg

• Born in Manz, Germany around the time 1398.
• Invented the printing pressing the year 1450.
• Made it possible for the middle class to spread knowledge
• Mostly famous for creating the Gutenberg bible

Michelangelo

• Michelangelo was born on March 6, 1475 in Caprese, Italy
• Was an apprentice for a artist by the name of Dominicio Ghirlando.
• Sent to the Medici family to continue his learning
• Sculpture including Bacchus, Pieta, and Battle of the centaurs
• Painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel for the Pope