Renaissance Vocabulary

4. a form of government in which citizens elect representatives to rule for them
10. a famous Renaissance artist, scientist, and inventor
11. relating to earthly life rather than to religious or spiritual matters
12. a German priest who broke away from the Catholic Church to start his own religion, Lutheranism. His posting of the Ninety-Five Theses started the Reformation.
14. a Florentine sculptor who was one of the first to use a realistic, lifelike style

1. an independent state consisting of a city and its surrounding territory
2. a religious reform movement from the early 1500s to the 1600s that led to the formation of new Christian groups
3. a particular religious group within a larger faith; for example, Lutheranism is one denomination within Christianity.
5. A great flowering of culture, based on classical Greek and Roman ideas and art, that began in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and spread throughout Europe
6. a Renaissance artist, renowned for his painting and sculpture
7. a grant by the Catholic Church that released a person from punishment for sins
8. an Italian city-state and leading cultural center during the Renaissance
9. a Christian who separated from the Roman Catholic Church during the Reformation
13. the name given by Europeans to the Americas, which were unknown to most Europeans before the voyages of Christopher Columbus