Leaders & Important Figures
This Renaissance artist painted the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper.
Leonardo da Vinci
The Renaissance began in this modern day country.
Italy
This branch of Christianity is based in Rome and led by the Pope.
The Roman Catholic Church
This person was a trained soldier who served a lord.
Knight
This was a cultural rebirth focused on art and learning.
The Renaissance
This Byzantine emperor created the famous Code of Justinian and expanded the empire.
Justinian
This loosely connected group of territories was ruled by a Holy Roman Emperor.
The Holy Roman Empire
This branch of Christianity developed in Eastern Europe.
The Eastern Orthodox Church
This system exchanged land for loyalty and protection.
Feudalism
This deadly outbreak killed millions in Europe.
The Black Death / The Plague
This Renaissance artist sculpted the statue of David.
Michelangelo
This was the eastern half of the Roman Empire that lasted 1,000 years.
The Byzantine Empire
This term describes ideas not related to religion.
Secular
This person was a peasant tied to the land.
Serf
This position is in charge of the Roman Catholic Church
The Pope
This Byzantine empress advised Justinian and supported women's rights.
Theodora
This Italian city is known as the birthplace of the Renaissance.
Florence
This event split Christianity into Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox branches.
The Great Schism of 1054
This person would financially support artists.
Patron
Classical learning is when people study these two ancient European civilizations.
This ruler became the first Holy Roman Emperor.
Charlemagne
These were lands in Italy controlled directly by the Pope.
The Papal States
This movement emphasized human potential and classical learning.
Humanism
This organization was the most powerful religious institution in medieval Europe.
The Roman Catholic Church
This family, headed by men like Lorenzo and Cosimo, was the most famous group of patrons in Renaissance Florence
The Medici