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Ferdinand Magellan

This person led the first sea expedition to circumnavigate the globe.

Desiderius Erasmus

This person is Manchester's ideal Renaissance humanist.

Martin Luther

This person is the founder of the Protestant Reformation.

Sir Thomas More

This person was known for his extraordinary learning as one of the great humanists of the early modern period.

King Henry VIII

This person took England away from the Catholic Church.

Emperor Charles V

This person is the young Holy Roman Emperor who defended the Catholic Church against the Reformation.

The Borgia Popes

These people were the most corrupt in the entire history of the Roman Catholic Church.

Pope Leo X

This was the great religious leader during the Reformation who was not especially focused on promoting the Christian faith.

Pope Clement VII

This weak and indecisive religious leader refused to grant Henry VIII's divorce request which indirectly led to the English...

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