Renaissance and Reformation Crossword

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  1. 4. Christian reformer, taught about predestination, living good lives, and obeying God’s laws.
  2. 7. Early Italian Renaissance scholar, he wrote about the importance of knowing history.
  3. 9. English Renaissance writer and playwright, he is considered by many to be the greatest English writer of all time.
  4. 10. Reform movement against the Roman Catholic Church; resulted in the creation of Protestant churches.
  5. 13. Renaissance artist; designed buildings, wrote poetry, and created sculptures and paintings.
  6. 15. A Christian who protested against the Catholic church
  7. 17. Study of history, literature, public speaking, and art that led to a new way of thinking in Europe (the idea that God made everything, but man made it better).
  8. 18. Genius of the Renaissance, he was a painter, sculptor, inventor, engineer, town planner, and mapmaker. Painted the Mona Lisa.
  9. 19. German priest credited with starting the Reformation; nailed a list of complaints about the Catholic Church to a church door.
  10. 20. Sharing of power between local governments and a strong central government.
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  1. 1. Combination of humanist and religious ideas (the idea that God made everything, and God makes it better through humans.
  2. 2. Italian Renaissance poet, wrote "The Divine Comedy" in the Italian language.
  3. 3. Word means "rebirth", period that followed the Middle Ages.
  4. 5. Effort to reform the Catholic Church from within; also called the Counter-Reformation.
  5. 6. Spanish writer; wrote "Don Quixote".
  6. 8. Dutch priest, published "In Praise of Folly" in which he criticized corrupt clergy. His criticisms helped inspire the Protestant Reformation.
  7. 11. Members of a Catholic religious order created to serve the pope and the church.
  8. 12. German printer, he developed a printing press that used movable type.
  9. 14. Italian writer and politician who wrote "The Prince", in which he advised leaders on how to rule.
  10. 16. German Renaissance artist; famous for his prints and woodcuts.
  11. 19. Italian trader, traveled to China. Served as government official in Kublai Khan's court.