Renaissance and Reformation

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Across
  1. 2. Renaissance writer; formerly a politician, wrote The Prince
  2. 3. The practice of lending money for interest, considered a sin by the Church during the Middle Ages
  3. 4. Certificates that were supposed to shorten the time spent in Purgatory
  4. 7. 16th-century movement for religious reform, leading to the founding of new Christian churches
  5. 9. an Italian city-state and leading cultural center during the Renaissance, led by the Medici family
  6. 10. Shakespeare's theater
  7. 11. a person who provides financial support for the arts
Down
  1. 1. An artistic technique that creates the appearance of three dimensions on a flat surface.
  2. 5. The official ruler chosen from merchant nobles in Venice
  3. 6. the language of everyday speech in a particular region.
  4. 8. a painting done on plaster