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-Humanism and its supporters were around well before the 1520's -The Genevans were citizens in a city. They were French speaking, and controlled by the house of Savoy. They overthrew the house of Savoy and essentially became free in the late 1520s. Because they were French, they didn't have social ties to reformed Protestant churches like German churches would. John Calvin was a French speaker, and therefore an excellent person for the new, reform-hungry city of Geneva to appoint as leader. John found this worked quite well, as he wanted to lead a reformed church. -People in Geneva thought themselves to be the chosen people 1560 predominant religion map

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12/14/09 Francois Rabelais: Francois wrote in the first half of the 1500s froma Christian Humanist Perspective. Others later felt that he was an anti-Christian atheist. In his world, writers weren't the commonplace as they are today. As in today's world, they put forth thier ideas and opinions through literature. In his world, he was among the first to introduce Greek words to the French language, as well as Greek idioms. His world was one of quiet pious and proper writing, and he was among the first to make dirty jokes and the like.

William Shakespeare: William lived in a budding world of literature and theater in Europe. His most famous patron was the Queen of England. His world featured a constantly changing English language, as he added many words to it, including 'sneak' and 'generous'. In his world many people were skeptical of the theater and it was often shut down at the first sign of disease because of this. In William's world, continuing in to ours, he is a legendary and unmatched playwrite.

Ignatius of Loyola: Ignatius was among the founders of the Jesuits, a group of Christian missionaries that had great impact on the colonizing of the Americas and the conversion of the Native Americans. His missionary world involved traveling to 'the Holy Land', or the New World. The Jesuits encouraged secular learning in a time when such learning was a cause of criticism in the church. He was canonized for his efforts towards the Catholic faith.

Titian: Titian was a famous Venetian painter, born in 1485, dying in 1576. His world included many artists that used very little color, or focused on shapes as opposed to colors and contrasts. He was one of the first artists to use loose brushwork. In his world artists were very used to making portaits as accurate as possible, he was among the first to make his paintings vary from that to be aesthetically appealing. He lived in a world where artists were not so competitive as to not praise the works of thier peers. His contemporaries called him 'a sun among stars'.

Sandro Boticelli: Sandro lived in Florence during the rule of the Medicis, and was patronized by them. His works are thought to be well known examples of popular Renaissance art. His art was originally thought to be painted for someone's house, showing that people liked having art in thier homes and having thier homes decorated. Churches and houses were the main destinations for his artwork. He was a successful domestic artist for a newly decorated world. Adam Ries: Adam lived between 1492 and 1559 in Germany. In Adam's works he writes of abacuses and counting instruments, a commonplace in his world to help with complex mathematics required for architecure, navigation, and economics. However, children were educated to the level that they could operate an abacus, as he wrote about a children's abacus. He also writes of common prices in charts so common men can't be 'cheated while buying bread', so this was obviously a problem in his world. He writings helped develop the German language, in a world where no language was very well developed compared to the modern day.