English Renaissance (1485 – 1625)

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Across
  1. 3. — Invention that increased book availability and literacy
  2. 4. — Belief in human potential, achievement, and individuality
  3. 6. — Renaissance thinkers relied on this alongside faith
  4. 10. — Short lyrical poems, Shakespeare’s specialty
  5. 12. — New national church formed after the split from Catholicism
  6. 15. — Religion that grew after Henry’s break with Rome
  7. 17. — Drama genre often mocking social norms
  8. 18. — Drama genre of works like Macbeth
  9. 19. — Author of The Prince
Down
  1. 1. — Spanish author of Don Quixote
  2. 2. — Poet exploring faith and individuality
  3. 5. — Playwright and poet of Hamlet and Sonnet 18
  4. 7. — Wrote satire The Praise of Folly
  5. 8. — Author of Paradise Lost
  6. 9. — Milton’s epic about Satan’s rebellion and the Fall
  7. 11. — Author of The Divine Comedy
  8. 13. — King who broke with the Catholic Church and created the Church of England
  9. 14. — Thomas More’s famous work describing an ideal society
  10. 15. — Poet of Canzoniere
  11. 16. — Playwright of Doctor Faustus