Renaissance Crossword

3. German Renaissance artist, famous for his prints and woodcuts
5. criticized corrupt clergy
8. Italian writer; he wrote the Prince in which he advised leaders on how to rule
9. Spanish writer, he wrote Don Quixote
11. the study of history, literature, public speaking, and art that led to a new way of thinking in Europe
12. His descriptions of Asia made people in Italy very curious
13. Country where the Renaissance began
15. Considered the greatest writer in the English language. Most famous for his plays.
16. He painted the Mona Lisa
17. a method of showing a three dimensional scene on a flat surface
18. What most people considered to be the center of the universe
19. Italian city; grew rich from its sea trade

1. developed the printing press
2. a fee that borrowers pay for the use of someone else's money
4. referring to the cultures of ancient Greece or Rome
6. Wealthy banking family that led Florence
7. famous Italian artist; painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican
10. The period of "rebirth" and creativity that followed Europe's Middle Ages.
14. He wrote The Divine Comedy in the Italian language
17. Early Italian Renaissance scholar, he wrote about the importance of knowing history.