Renaissance Vocab

3. Dutch humanist and theologian who was the leading Renaissance scholar of northern Europe
4. pardon from sin
5. long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation
6. a form of government in which citizens elect representatives to rule for them
8. Rebirth
10. Painted the Sistine Chapel
12. Art of making agreements with other countries.
13. The first European to use the moveable type to print copies of the bible.
15. a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state.
17. the belief that people are important and capable of learning, creating, and improving the world.
18. Ruled Florence during the Renaissance, became wealthy from banking, spent a lot of money on art, controlled Florence for about 3 centuries
19. Movement of people from rural areas to cities
20. A man who devotes his life to a religious group, often giving up all he owns.

1. The first European to use the moveable type to print copies of the bible.
2. A religious movement of the 16th century that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the creation of Protestant churches.
7. a German monk who became one of the most famous critics of the Roman Catholic Church.
9. Writer in the northern renaissance. Was known for writing dramatic plays.
11. The study of history, poetry, and writing
14. Painter of the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper
16. a system where people traded land and work for protection.