The Renaisancee
Across
- 5. a new, modern way of thinking about the world and man's place in it replaced an old, backward one.
- 6. a period of time beginning with some special date or event
- 7. a period of one hundred years
- 9. a period in history and a cultural movement marking the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity
- 11. a solitary genuis
- 13. a scientist and inventor
- 15. the study of past events, particularly in human affairs.
Down
- 1. a Renaissance cultural movement which turned away from medieval scholasticism and revived interest in ancient Greek and Roman thought.
- 2. italian sculptor of the renaissance period
- 3. people who often viewed humanity as sinful creatures who needed to be constantly mindful of their souls
- 4. the development of the use of towers, buildings, or other types of structure, as an aid to navigation for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways.
- 8. a return to the literary forms of antiquity, such as satire, epic poetry, and theatrical dramas or comedies
- 10. a noun that was the period of 1400 to 1500
- 12. of or concerning history; concerning past events.
- 14. the "rebirth" from the dark ages of intellectual decline that followed the brilliance of ancient civilization.