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- 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
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- 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