REN Art Project: Northern Renaissance ELO

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Across
  1. 4. The Holy Roman Empire surrendered its power to choose a religion for the empire, instead allowed princes to choose between Lutheranism and Catholicism for their entity
  2. 6. Joint-stock company founded by the Dutch in the 17th century, dominated trade in Asia
  3. 9. Spanish judicial institution that sought to purify Spain of non-Catholics; resulted in persecution of Muslims and Jews
  4. 10. Conflict between France and the rest of Europe over the Spanish successor: ended golden age of Spain, ended French expansion, stopped the joining of the French and Spanish crown
  5. 13. Technology invented by Johannes Guttenburg, allowed for the mass production of literature; increased literacy rates, allowed faster dissemination of ideas, people could now own personal copies of texts
  6. 15. Joint-stock company that rivaled that of the Dutch, controlled India entirely for a 200 year period during the age of imperialism
  7. 18. Art focused on depicting nature/people with as few distortions as possible; very realistic images
  8. 19. Divided South America into a Spanish section and Portuguese section in 1494
  9. 20. Reallocation of common land from peasants to wealthy landowners, land was consolidated into a small number of larger farms
Down
  1. 1. Second leg of the Transatlantic Passage, portion where enslaved Africans crossed the Atlantic
  2. 2. System of double checking accounts by requiring a debit and credit record of transactions
  3. 3. Infamous Dutch artist, prominent figure in the artistic movement known as Dutch Realism
  4. 5. Exchange of people, plants, animals, ideas, cultures, and diseases between the Old World and the Americas
  5. 7. Division of English royal council that used Roman legal tactics to curb threats from the nobility
  6. 8. A branch of Catholicism, otherwise known as the Society of Jesus
  7. 11. Non-religious realm of beliefs/practices, advocates for separation between public/political affairs and the church
  8. 12. Economic practice where a nation seeks to make as much money as possible by minimizing imports and maximizing exports (ex: US colonies and England)
  9. 14. Exploration/cultivation of an individual's unique traits, talents, and characteristics
  10. 16. Philosophical idea dedicated to understanding humanity, human behavior, and human nature
  11. 17. language/dialect of a region/country