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- 2. German printer who was the first in Europe to print using movable type and the first to use a press (1400-1468)
- 6. Italian Renaissance sculptor, architect, painter, and poet; he sculpted the Pieta and the David, and he painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel which took him four years to paint. The ceiling shows sweeping scenes from the Old Testament of the Bible.
- 8. He was an English humanist that contributed to the world today by revealing the complexities of man. He wrote Utopia, a book that represented a revolutionary view of society.
- 9. It was nailed to a church door in Wittenberg, Germany in 1517 and is widely seen as being the catalyst that started the Protestant Reformation. It contained Martin Luther's list of accusations against the Roman Catholic Church.
- 10. Believed in predestination, as well as in the importance of living a good life and obeying God's laws.
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- 1. Also known as the Society of Jesus; founded by Ignatius Loyola (1491-1556) as a teaching and missionary order to resist the spread of Protestantism.
- 3. A Renaissance intellectual movement in which thinkers studied classical texts and focused on human potential and achievements.
- 4. Known as the father of Renaissance Humanism. He lived from 1304-1374 as a cleric and committed his life to humanistic pursuits and careful study of the classics. He resisted writing in the Italian vernacular except for his sonnets, which were composed to his "lady love" who spoke no latin.
- 5. A religious movement begun by Martin Luther in 1517 that attempted to reform the beliefs and practices of the Roman Catholic Church; it resulted in the formation of new Christian denominations.
- 7. One of the leading painters of the Florentine renaissance, developed a highly personal style. Known for The Birth of Venus.