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most important person of the renaissance?

whoops forgot gutenberg

Martin Luther.

i cant believe that leonardo is higher than michelangelo

Well, Machiavelli has influenced more leaders' political decisions than any other one of those guys. Raphael was the coolest. Martin Luther caused 30 years of war and even longer dispute, so I naturally think that he's not the best. Gutenburg was definently important, but if he hadn't figured it out, someone else would have. DiVinci was the most intelligent. Michaelangelo was the most articulate. Overall though, Machiavelli's The Prince will continue to influence the minds of those in power, and therefore he becomes the most important.

Luther started the Rennaissance with his 95 Theses. If not for Luther, ther would have been no Leonardo, no Machiavelli, no Michaelangelo, no Rennaisance. There's a lot more I could write more, but I'm too tired.

Luther started the Rennaissance with his 95 Theses. If not for Luther, ther would have been no Leonardo, no Machiavelli, no Michaelangelo, no Rennaisance. There's a lot more I could write more, but I'm too tired.


the renaissance started 200 years before Luther was born. Also, Michelangelo's work helped cause Luther to start the Reformation, because the rebuilding of St. Peter's Basilica (and the painting of the Sistine Chapel) cost a huge amount of money. THe Pope had to pay for these bills and so he attempted to collect indulgences around Europe, and in Germany Martin Luther was outraged at the indulgences and therefore started the Reformation.

from the point of view of someone not familiar with some of those names i picked machiavelli. politicians are still studying his book to this day.

and damnit! i didn't notice it was multiple choice until after i already voted. :mad:

I voted for Galileo because of he greatly affected both science and, through his son, music...Uberto, think of yourself!

I can't believe only one person so far has voted for Copernicus. :O

The most important aspect of Copernicus' work is that it forever changed the place of man in the cosmos; no longer could man legitimately think his significance greater than his fellow creatures; with Copernicus' work, man could now take his place among that which exists all about him, and not of necessity take that premier position which had been assigned immodestly to him by the theologians.


Of all discoveries and opinions, none may have exerted a greater effect on the human spirit than the doctrine of Copernicus. The world had scarcely become known as round and complete in itself when it was asked to waive the tremendous privilege of being the center of the universe. Never, perhaps, was a greater demand made on mankind - for by this admission so many things vanished in mist and smoke! What became of our Eden, our world of innocence, piety and poetry; the testimony of the senses; the conviction of a poetic - religious faith? No wonder his contemporaries did not wish to let all this go and offered every possible resistance to a doctrine which in its converts authorized and demanded a freedom of view and greatness of thought so far unknown, indeed not even dreamed of."

Admitedly after all this if it wasn't for Galieo's and other scientists staunch support of Copernicus' theories then his theories may have never have been accpeted.

the renaissance started 200 years before Luther was born. Also, Michelangelo's work helped cause Luther to start the Reformation, because the rebuilding of St. Peter's Basilica (and the painting of the Sistine Chapel) cost a huge amount of money. THe Pope had to pay for these bills and so he attempted to collect indulgences around Europe, and in Germany Martin Luther was outraged at the indulgences and therefore started the Reformation.The "renaissance" did not start simultaneously everywhere. And Luther was surely not a man of new ideas, if fact his mind was deeply medieval if not even ancient. And the solutions he offered to contemporary problems were all too simple. He really was a Christian fundamentalist of the very bad type and what he achieved was no reformation but a division.

mustve been michelangelo, leonardo da vinchi and raphael.
If they didnt start it then they never wouldve been good enuf to join splinter and fight shredder

Luther started the Rennaissance with his 95 Theses. If not for Luther, ther would have been no Leonardo, no Machiavelli, no Michaelangelo, no Rennaisance. There's a lot more I could write more, but I'm too tired.

Not quite. The Rennaissance was in full swing by the time that Luther got into things. The Papal Indulgence sales that Luther spoke out against were to finance the church that Michaelangelo would ultimately paint. The Protestant Reformation was completely different than the Rennaissance, with a completely different philosophical base. About the only thing that the two had in common was the time period.

Dante, Medici, Michelangelo, Luther, Gutenberg and Shakes Beer

Dante, Medici, Michelangelo, Luther, Gutenberg and Shakes Beer

I assume you mean the family rather than any one individual?

Anyone else watch the "Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance"?

I went for Copernicus and Galileo for literally changing the perception of humanity and its place. And yes Galileo did it as well as Copernicus, showing physical laws kinda messes with the whole magic God approach. And also Leonardo. He was born before his time.

The First Folio of 1623 was and is the greatest peice of literature since the Bible, and is rivaled in the modern era by only the Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and yet Shakespeare has only three votes!!!

To quote the great man himself...
"Lord, what FOOLS these mortals be..."

Went with the Bard of Avon William Shakespeare.

Went with the Bard of Avon William Shakespeare.

What?! Shakespeare sold cosmetics?!

Well it wouldn't have happened really if not for Lorenzo de Medici.