16th-century
Shakespeare's general period
Relating to or characteristic of the period from 1500 to 1599: 16th-century architecture, a 16th-century manuscript.
The hyphenated form functions as an adjective before a noun.
Without the hyphen, it names the century itself: The 16th century saw the Protestant Reformation.
European cultural reawakening
- mannerismDistinctive personal habit
- MichelangeloFlorentine sculptor and painter
- LeonardoItalian masculine name
- RaphaelRenaissance painter from Urbino
Titian · Bruegel · fresco · oil painting · perspective · chiaroscuro · patronage · masterpiece
European cultural reawakening
- ReformationReligious movement splitting Christianity
- TudorSixteenth-century English ruling family
- ElizabethanOf late 1500s England
- HabsburgEuropean imperial dynasty
Ottoman · Ming · Mughal · colonialism · exploration · conquest · feudalism · monarchy
Religious movement splitting Christianity
- ProtestantPost-schism Western Christian
- CatholicPapal church adherent
- LutherProtestant Reformation initiator
- CalvinProtestant Reformation leader
Counter-Reformation · Inquisition · heresy · indulgence · schism · papacy · Anglican · Puritan
Renaissance astronomer, heliocentrism
- heliocentrismSun-centered astronomical theory
- astronomyScience of celestial objects
- alchemyMystical metal transformation
- anatomyStudy of organism structure
Vesalius · cartography · navigation · astrolabe · compass · natural philosophy · observation · humanism
Elizabethan dramatist and poet
- SpenserTudor allegorical poet
- sonnetFourteen-line metered poem
- chronicleOrdered historical record
- pamphletUnbound topical booklet
Marlowe · Cervantes · folio · printing press · vernacular · rhetoric · allegory · morality play
Renaissance
European cultural reawakening
- mannerismDistinctive personal habit
- MichelangeloFlorentine sculptor and painter
- LeonardoItalian masculine name
Raphael · Titian · Bruegel · fresco · oil painting · perspective · chiaroscuro · patronage · masterpiece · sculpture
Renaissance
European cultural reawakening
- ReformationReligious movement splitting Christianity
- TudorSixteenth-century English ruling family
- ElizabethanOf late 1500s England
Habsburg · Ottoman · Ming · Mughal · colonialism · exploration · conquest · feudalism · monarchy · dynasty
Reformation
Religious movement splitting Christianity
- ProtestantPost-schism Western Christian
- CatholicPapal church adherent
- LutherProtestant Reformation initiator
Calvin · Counter-Reformation · Inquisition · heresy · indulgence · schism · papacy · Anglican · Puritan · Jesuit
Copernicus
Renaissance astronomer, heliocentrism
- heliocentrismSun-centered astronomical theory
- astronomyScience of celestial objects
- alchemyMystical metal transformation
anatomy · Vesalius · cartography · navigation · astrolabe · compass · natural philosophy · observation · humanism · Brahe
Shakespeare
Elizabethan dramatist and poet
Marlowe · Cervantes · pamphlet · folio · printing press · vernacular · rhetoric · allegory · morality play · blank verse
doublet
Fitted Renaissance jacket
- ruffPleated historical neckpiece
- codpieceOrnamental groin covering
- farthingaleHooped petticoat framework
velvet · brocade · tapestry · pewter · galleon · musket · arquebus · rapier · halberds · armor
16th-century21st-century
Present hundred-year span
contemporary · modern-day · present-day · current · futuristic
16th-centurymodern
Of recent times
postmodern · industrial · post-industrial · digital · digital age
16th-centurymedieval
Of the Middle Ages
modern · Middle Ages · contemporary era · antiquity · classical
16th, century, centuries, centurion, centennial, bicentennial, centenary, sixteen, sixteenth