The Renaissance Key Terms

2. Is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language and one of the world's pre-eminent novelist
5. Italian Renaissance poet, he wrote The Divine Comedy in the Italian language
6. the study of history, literature, public speaking, and art that led to a new way thinking in Europe in the late 1300s
7. A German professor of theology, composer, priest, former monk and a seminal figure in the Protestant Reformation
12. Italian writer and politician, he wrote The Prince in which he advised leaders on how to rule
13. German Renaissance artist, he is famous for his prints and woodcuts
15. the period of “rebirth” and creativity that followed Europe’s Middle Ages

1. An English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist
3. Genius of the Renaissance, he was a painter, sculptor, inventor, engineer, town planner, and mapmaker
4. Italian trader,he traveled to China and later wrote about his trip
8. German printer, he developed a printing
9. Italian Renaissance artist, he designed buildings, wrote poetry,and created poetry and paintings
10. the belief that human freedom, individual conscience, and unencumbered rational inquiry are compatible with the practice of Christianity
11. Dutch priest, he published In Praise of Folly in which he criticized corrupt clergy and his criticisms helped inspire the Protestant Reformation
14. Early Italian Renaissance scholar, he wrote about the importance of knowing history