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the Renaissance ideal of one proficient in any forum. From artist to scientist, naturalist to anatomist, inventor to architect, da Vinci excelled in an astonishing number of fields during his lifetime ...

In the early 1500s, as explorers probed the New World, some of the greatest masterpieces of the Renaissance were being created, such as Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel ceiling, completed in 1512.

So when, in the mid-15th century, Gutenberg invented the printing press, it became so much more than a machine. Ideas could be replicated by the thousands, making it the first great equaliser of ...

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During this early 16th century renaissance inventions like the printing press arrived in Scotland. James V was Scotland's first true renaissance ruler. Video: Scotland's History Top Ten.