Across
- 4. a person chosen, named, or honored as a special guardian, protector, or supporter
- 5. a superseded astronomical model in which the Earth and planets orbit around the Sun at the center of the universe
- 7. an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet of the High Renaissance
- 9. a Venetian merchant, explorer and writer who travelled through Asia along the Silk Road between 1271 and 1295
- 10. judged over a period of time to be of the highest quality and outstanding of its kind
- 11. a powerful Italian banking dynasty that rose to prominence in Florence during the Italian
- 12. not subject to or bound by religious rule; not belonging to or living in a monastic or other order.
Down
- 1. the point of view a person sees something
- 2. a philosophical stance that emphasizes human potential and agency, focusing on the individual and social aspects of human beings
- 3. a German goldsmith and printer who is credited with inventing the printing press using movable type in the 15th century
- 6. a period of European history marked by a "rebirth" in the Middle Ages
- 8. trade routes, a network of routes connecting East and West