The Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries

The Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries Humanism taught at Padua University in Italy Petrarch given title of ‘Poet Laureate’ in Rome University established in Florence Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales published Brunelleschi designs the Duomo in Florence Ottoman Turks defeat the Byzantine ruler of Constantinople Gutenberg prints the Bible with movable type Portuguese mathematicians calculate latitude by observing the sun Columbus reaches America Leonardo da Vinci paints The Last Supper Michelangelo paints the Sistine Chapel ceiling