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Yes, it is the year 1500 AD, the year of the reigning Pope's jubilee.
It was a time of enormous change and drama in Europe, following the 1490s that saw the accession of Pope Alexander VI and the rise of the Borgias; the death of Lorenzo di Medici, one of the greatest of all patrons of the arts and of the rise of Humanism; the creative moments of Da Vinci, Botticelli, Michaelangelo, and other genius painters and sculptors; the time of the fanatic monk Savanarola, and his bonfires of the vanities; the discovery of the New World; the blossoming of the Renaissance in Italy, from whence it would spread to light all of western Europe's way out of the Dark Ages.
Everything I know about, I also learned outside of school, and mostly so I could write this book!
posted by
Ciel
on August 11, 2008 at 12:04 PM
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so we're actually in the 16th centurary here. you've done an excellent job conveying this so far. these historical figures ring a bell, but unfortunately my history teachers never dwelt on the 16th century very long
posted by
Luz_Briar
on August 11, 2008 at 11:40 AM
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the action and scenery
you convey with a touch
of
beauty astounds mising are those whose
eyes don't shine upon thee
I pray they come
in droves for your
loving wishes
posted by
Smittenheimer
on August 1, 2008 at 1:55 PM
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