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SOMEWHERE IN TIME 3

Finding your place in History

The Renaissance, well under way in Italy in the 1450Õs, was a period of tremendous creation and growth in the humanities
of Art, Literature, and Music throughout Europe, and
generally conceded to have begun with the invention of movable type in the mid 15th century. For the first time news, information, and general knowledge was widely available to the common man everywhere. Reaching England much later, and lasting until roughly the mid 17th century, the entire 16th century can be Òfaire-lyÓ termed ÒRenaissanceÓ. To help you find your way to the Golden Age of Elizabeth, here is a short Timeline of notable names from fact and fiction.

ROMAN BRITAIN		c 55 BC ~ c AD 440
	Roman Conquest	47
	HadrianÕs Wall	c122
	St. Patrick	373 - 463

ANGLO SAXON PERIOD		c 440 ~ 1066
	Saxon Invasions Begin	477
	ÒKing ArthurÓ	c 500
	Viking Invasions Begin	789
	Lady Godiva	1040 - 1080

EARLY MIDDLE AGES (MEDIEVAL)		1066 ~ 1290
	First Crusade	1096
	ÒBrother CadfaelÓ setting	c 1130
	ÒRobin Hood	c 1160
	King Richard I (The Lionheart)	1189 ~ 1199

LATER MIDDLE AGES (MEDIEVAL)		1290 ~ 1485
	Magna Carta	1215
	William Wallace (Scotland)	1270 ~ 1305
	Black Death	1300
	ÒCanterbury TalesÓ Chaucer	1340 ~ 1400
	GutenburgÕs Printing Press	1398 ~ 1468
	Joan of Arc (France)	1412 ~ 1431