 | 100 Years War (1337-1453) |
| Feudalism replaced by urban culture; Humanism is the dominant
philosophy; center of musical activity is England and the Netherlands |
| 1415 - English victory at Agincourt; John
Hus burned at the stake |
| 1453 - Fall of Constantinople |
| 1454 - Invention of movable type |
| War of Roses (1455-1485) |
| 1476 - Music printing |
| Tutor Dynasty in England (1485-1603) |
| 1492 - Discovery of America |
| Colonization of the Western Hemisphere |
| 1500 - Humanistic Movement |
| Reign of Henry VIII (1509-1547) |
| 1517 - Martin Luther's 95 Theses which helped begin the Protestant
Reformation |
| 1520 - Luther excommunicated from the church |
| 1527 - organs destroyed in Zurich |
| 1534 - Act of Supremacy; Henry VIII broke with the Roman Catholic
Church and formed the Anglican Church |
| Counter Reformation |
| Council of Trent (1545-1563) |
| Reign of Edward VI (1547-1553) |
| 1549 - First Act of Uniformity |
| Reign of Mary I (1553-1558) reestablished the Roman Catholic Church |
| Reign of Elizabeth I (1558-1603) reestablished the Anglican Church |
| Huguenot Wars (1562-1598) |
| 1598 - Edict of Nantes |
