Renaissance Thinkers
This "Father of Humanism" promoted a revival in classical literature and new philological methods.
Who is Petrarch?
This artist sculpted the David and painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling.
Who is Michelangelo?
This economic theory drove European colonization by emphasizing state control of trade.
What is mercantilism?
This royal couple unified Spain by centralizing power and enforcing religious conformity through the Inquisition.
Who are Ferdinand and Isabella?
This 15th-century invention helped disseminate Renaissance and Reformation ideas.
What is the printing press?
This Italian thinker wrote The Prince and believed leaders should preserve power at all cost?
Who is Niccolò Machiavelli?
This artistic movement was focused on portraying the world as it is rather than relying on symbolism.
What is Naturalism?
This small, fast, and maneuverable ship with lateen sails was crucial to Portuguese and Spanish voyages during the Age of Exploration.
What is the caravel?
This group gained political influence as commerce expanded.
Who are merchants and/or financiers?
This Dutch humanist used Renaissance learning to call for religious reform.
Who is Erasmus?
This Renaissance author’s work The Courtier idealized the well-rounded, disciplined, secular gentleman.
Who is Baldassare Castiglione?
This architectural style, revived during the Renaissance, featured symmetry, columns, and domes inspired by ancient Rome.
What is classical architecture?
This religious order helped spread Christianity during exploration.
Who are the Jesuits?
This shift in economic power moved Europe’s trade center from _____________ to Western Europe
What is the Mediterranean?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
The printing press encouraged the growth of this form of literature, which supported national identity.
What is vernacular literature?
This humanist used his study of language to expose the Donation of Constantine as a forgery.
Who is Lorenzo Valla?
The Renaissance emphasis on harmony and idealized beauty in art was largely inspired by this intellectual movement based on ancient Greek and Roman texts.
What is humanism?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
This agreement divided the New World between Spain and Portugal.
What is the Treaty of Tordesillas?
This early capitalist innovation in business involved shared ownership in overseas trading ventures.
What is a joint-stock company?
This northern Renaissance idea combined the quest for human progress with the teachings of Jesus Christ
What is Christian Humanism?
This Renaissance thinker combined Platonism with Christianity and emphasized human potential.
Who is Pico della Mirandola?
This innovation in visual representation emphasized three-dimensional realism.
What is geometric perspective?
This exchange of plants, animals, and diseases reshaped the global economy and demography.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
This agreement between Francis I of France and the pope gave the French king control over Church appointments.
What is the Concordat of Bologna?
The Renaissance helped shift education away from theology and toward this.
What are classical texts, liberal studies, secular knowledge, or scientific inquiry?