Renaissance Humanism

2. the art of persuasion
4. medieval writers or scholars focusing on the subjects taught at universities (theology, metaphysics and logic)
7. mimesis or the act of representing reality in art, especially literature
9. the medieval trivium and quadrivium
11. in Roman Catholicism, a systematic compendium of theology written by Thomas Aquinas between about 1265 and 1273.
14. Florentine philosopher, translator, and commentator, largely responsible for the revival of Plato and Platonism in the Renaissance
16. Spanish humanist and student of Erasmus, eminent in education, philosophy, and psychology, who strongly opposed Scholasticism
17. 14th century Italian scholar, poet, and humanist whose poems addressed to Laura, an idealized beloved, contributed to the Renaissance flowering of lyric poetry
19. ancient Greek philosopher and scientist, one of the greatest intellectual figures of Western history, known in the Renaissance as the "Philosopher"
21. province of humanists

1. father of humanism
3. English statesman, chancellor of England (1529–32), who was beheaded for refusing to accept King Henry VIII as head of the Church of England. Author of "Utopia"
5. method of critical thought which dominated teaching by the academics of medieval universities in Europe
6. one of the 4 classical cardinal virtues
8. genre of advice literature that outlines basic principles of conduct for rulers and of the structure and purpose of secular power
10. one of the key concepts of Renaissance humanism
12. an introductory course at a medieval university involving the study of grammar, rhetoric, and logic
13. which invention contributed to the spreading of humanist ideas?
15. earliest surviving work of dramatic theory and first extant philosophical treatise to focus on literary theory written by Aristotle
18. Dutch Christian humanist, the greatest scholar of the northern Renaissance and the first editor of the New Testament
20. international language of scholarship in medieval and Renaissance Europe