Dante Alighieri:
poet/politician
wrote The Divine Comedy in Italian
described many of the problems in Italian society
Michelangelo:
artist
designed buildings, poetry, created sculptures, painted ceiling of Sistine chapel
lived from 1475-1564
worked in Rome and Bologna
Petrach:
Scholar
wrote about the importance of knowing history
his ideas influenced the future of education
Desderuis Erasmus:
Dutch Priest
Published Praise of Folly
In the book he criticezed corrupt clergy which influenced Portestant Reformation
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