Rome's Influence On The European Civilization

The European civilization was deeply impacted through politics, in terms of government and specific individuals. The Tudor dynasty consisted of Henry VIII who was the father of both Mary and Elizabeth, was the king of England, he was also Catholic and very much disliked the Protestants. Also Queen Mary was apart of the Tudor dynasty, being queen after her father’s death, she would then die short after making her only queen from (1553-1558). Another very important individual from the Tudors was Queen Elizabeth who would never get married or have children, she would be queen until death and she would be a Protestant, she would play a huge role for England and one specific major accomplishment was making England’s Naval army a significant amount
Alexander VI was one of the most controversial renaissance Popes, he would spend much time fathering several kids from his mistresses. Leo X was a Medici Pope who went through the Vatican treasury in one year, who would start selling (indulgences) remission to heaven to make sure that they would make it into heaven instead of hell, where there were countless more humans approaching hell and not heaven. Adding onto that there came a man named Martin Luther who was a normal peasant that was educated enough to know the language of Latin, he would receive a bible that was only written in Latin so that only high classed people would be able to read and he came to find out that nobody needs to pay their way into heaven, he would come up with ninety five Thesis explaining how these popes are cheating the uneducated peasants. Also a man by the name of Charles V was a HRE would ruled both Roman and Spanish Empires in his life, Charles would be very wealthy and would start spending his money on overseas expedition to get a greater knowledge, to trade internationally and to gain
Michelangelo would be another artist and sculptor, while making the sculpture of “David” in 1504 and “The Pieta” in 1499, he lived a long life of 89 years living from (1475-1564). Rafael would live from (1483-1520), he painted a self portrait in 1506 and another with a friend of his in 1518. Some Characteristics of Renaissance Art included realism and expression(Expulsion from the Garden) by Masaccio, Perspective (The Trinity) by Masaccio, classism (Venus) which was a Greek and Roman influenced classical pose, emphasis on individualism (Duke and Dutchess of Urbino) by Piero Della Francesca, geometrical judgement of figures (The Dreyfus Madonna with the Pomegranate) by Da Vinci, lights and shadowing, artists as personalities and celebrities. Also some archetecture included the Vatican which was a dome where popes would live, it was the Headquarters for catholic churches. Another very important individual was Lorenzo de Medici (The Magnificent),him and his family the Medicis would sponsor artists like