Renaissance & Reformation Vocabulary

4. German printer who developed a printing press using movable type.
6. Italian writer & politician who wrote The Prince advising leaders how to rule.
12. Study of history, literature, speaking, and art that inspired new thinking in Europe.
13. Italian poet who wrote The Divine Comedy.
14. Renaissance genius who was a painter, sculptor, inventor, engineer, planner, and mapmaker.
15. Christian reformer who taught predestination and strict religious living.
17. The combination of humanist and religious ideas.
19. A Christian who protested against the Catholic Church.
20. A reform movement against the Roman Catholic Church beginning in 1517 that created Protestant churches.
21. Italian trader who traveled to China and served in Kublai Khan’s court.

1. Renaissance artist who painted the Sistine Chapel and created sculptures and architecture.
2. Early Renaissance scholar known for emphasizing history and writing sonnets.
3. Member of a Catholic religious order created to serve the pope.
5. German Renaissance artist famous for prints and woodcuts.
7. Spanish writer who wrote Don Quixote.
8. English playwright considered one of the greatest writers of all time.
9. Dutch priest who wrote In Praise of Folly criticizing corrupt clergy.
10. The sharing of power between local governments and a strong central government.
11. priest who began the Reformation by posting complaints in Wittenberg.
16. The period of rebirth and creativity after the Middle Ages.
18. The Catholic effort to reform the Church from within in the 1500s–1600s.