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Renaissance Period

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The Renaissance (UK: /rɪˈneɪsəns/ rin-AY-sənss, US: /ˈrɛnəsɑːns/ (About this sound listen) REN-ə-sahnss)[1][a] is a period in European history marking the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and covering the 15th and 16th centuries, characterized by an effort to revive and surpass ideas and achievements of classical antiquity. It occurred after the Crisis of the Late Middle Ages and was associated with great social change. In addition to the standard periodization, proponents of a "long Renaissance" may put its beginning in the 14th century and its end in the 17th century.

What Monarch ruled during The Renaissance Period:

Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella of Castile laid the foundation for an immense empire by uniting several independent provinces. In the sixteenth century, during the reign of King Charles I (Holy Roman Emperor Charles V),

The Renaissance monarchs, such as Charles V (reigned 1519–56), Francis I (1515–47), and Elizabeth I (1558–1603), unified their realms and strengthened their bureaucracies.

Henry VIII: Renaissance Prince. Renaissance ideas became dominant in England in the 1530s, during the reign of King Henry VIII. Henry is now considered the true English Renaissance prince.

Louis XIV, called the Sun King, who ruled France from 1643 to 1715

The Six Wives of King Henry VIII (1509-1547)

Katherine of Aragon

Queen Anne Boleyn

Lady Jane Seymour

Princess Anne of Cleves

Lady Katherine Howard

Lady Katherine Parr

France

House of Valois

King Francis of I of France

Queen Claude of France

King Henry II of France

Queen Katherine of Medici

King Francis II of France

King Charles IX of France

King Henry III of France

House of Bourbon

King Henry IV of France

Marie de Medici

King Louis XIII of France

Queen Anne of Austria

King Louis XIV of France

Maria Theresa of Spain