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A 1578 handbook for inquisitors spelled out the purpose of inquisitorial penalties: ... quoniam punitio non refertur primo & per se in correctionem & bonum eius qui punitur, sed in bonum publicum ut alij terreantur, & a malis committendis avocentur. [Translation from the Latin: "... for punishment does not take place primarily and per se for the correction and good of the person punished, but for the public good in order that others may become terrified and weaned away from the evils they would commit.

Amerigo Vespucci

Columbus never thought Vespucci had tried to steal his laurels, and in 1505 he wrote his son, Diego, saying of Amerigo, "It has always been his wish to please me; he is a man of good will; fortune has been unkind to him as to others; his labors have not brought him the rewards he in justice should have."

I have for many years been a partisan of the Copernican view because it reveals to me the causes of many natural phenomena that are entirely incomprehensible in the light of the generally accepted hypothesis. To refute the latter I have collected many proofs, but I do not publish them, because I am deterred by the fate of our teacher Copernicus who, although he had won immortal fame with a few, was ridiculed and condemned by countless people

Michelangelo was born on March 6, 1475 in Caprese, Italy. When he was 13, he was apprenticed to Domenico Ghirlandaio. It was then that he learned the technique of fresco Michelangelo finished David in 1504. In 1508, he began work on the Sistene Chapel ceiling frescoes, which would occupy him until 1512. In 1534, Michelangelo left Florence for Rome where he stayed for the rest of his life. He died on Feb. 18, 1564.

In 1466, at the age of fourteen, Leonardo was apprenticed to one of the most successful artists of his day, Andrea di Cione, known as Verrocchio. Verrocchio's workshop was at the centre of the intellectual currents of Florence, assuring the young Leonardo of an education in the humanities. Other famous painters apprenticed or associated with the workshop include Ghirlandaio, Perugino, Botticelli, and Lorenzo di Credi.[10][13] Leonardo would have been exposed to a vast range of technical skills and had the opportunity to learn drafting, chemistry, metallurgy, metal working, plaster casting, leather working, mechanics and carpentry as well as the artistic skills of drawing, painting, sculpting and modelling.[14][15][16]

Chinampa's

The Chinampas are what the Aztecs used to make new land for farming their land os that they could survive their whole life.

These things were made out of twigs and rocks then for extra protection they put the mud from the bottom of the Lake and put it on the top of the twigs and rocks.\

Pinzón suggested to Columbus a change of course for their voyage on October 7, 1492.

Frederick was Pope Leo X's candidate for Holy Roman Emperor in 1519 - the pope had awarded him the Golden Rose of virtue on 3 September 1518 - but he helped secure the election of Charles V. Frederick ensured Luther would be heard before the Diet of Worms in 1521 and subsequently secured an exemption from the Edict of Worms for Saxony.

Indulgences replaced the severe penances of the early church