Renaissance, Reformation, and Scientific Revolution Figures
Across
- 7. French theologian who formed his own church around the idea of a theocracy
- 9. English chemist who explained that matter is composed of particles that behave in knowable ways
- 10. English playwright who authored 37 plays expressing Renaissance ideas
- 11. German inventor of the printing press
- 13. English polymath who invented calculus and discovered the force of gravity
- 14. English philosopher who stressed using experimentation and observation to gain understanding
- 15. Italian astronomer who was condemned by the Catholic church for challenging its teachings about the universe
Down
- 1. Danish astronomer who provided evidence for the heliocentric model
- 2. German monk who triggered the start of the Protestant Reformation
- 3. English statesman and author of Utopia who was executed for opposing the Act of Supremacy
- 4. French philosopher who emphasized using human reasoning to gain understanding
- 5. German astronomer and mathematician who calculated the orbits of the planets
- 6. Polish scholar who proposed the heliocentric model of the universe
- 8. Dutch theologian who advocated for the bible to be printed in vernacular languages
- 12. English monarch who broke from the Catholic church and formed the Church of England