Renaissance Crossword Puzzle

1. someone who supports or champions something
4. a statesman of Florence that advocated a strong central government
6. invented the printing press, but received little recognition at the time
7. a wealthy family that supported many famous renaissance artists, and ruled the city of Florence
9. revolutionary inventor, created designs for the first tank, plane, parachute and other technologies
10. famous and skillful painter and sculptor, painted the Sistine chapel and sculpted the famous statue of David
13. influential and popular playwright responsible for many of the stories that are the bane of your existence in English class
14. a way of regarding situations or topics
15. belief in the ability to live life without offending god

1. a machine that allowed books to be copied quickly and en masse
2. italian poet famous for writing the divine comedy
3. the everyday speech of people, started writing in their spoken language
5. an ideal or perfect worldly state
8. Dutch humanist and theologian who was the leading Renaissance scholar of northern Europe; although his criticisms of the Roman Catholic Church led to the Reformation, he opposed violence and condemned Martin Luther
11. Italian painter whose many paintings exemplify the ideals of the High Renaissance
12. worldly and concerned with the present life