Renaissance Thinkers
This Italian author wrote The Prince, a guide on political power.
Who is Niccolo Machiavelli
This event in 1517 is considered the start of the Protestant Reformation
What is the 95 Thesis
This French king was known as the "Sun King."
Who is Louis the XIV
This scientist developed the heliocentric theory.
Who is Copernicus
This explorer "discovered" the Americas in 1492
Who is Christopher Columbus
This Renaissance artist painted the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci
This English king broke from the Catholic Church to form the Church of England
Who is Henry VIII
This palace, built by Louis XIV, symbolized absolute power.
What is Versailles
This Italian astronomer improved the telescope and supported the heliocentric model.
Who is Galileo Galilei
This treaty divided the New World between Spain and Portugal
What is the Treaty of Tortesillas
Known as the "Father of Humanism," this figure revived classical texts.
Who is Petrarch
This treaty ended the Thirty Years' War in 1648.
What is the Treaty of Westphalia
This Russian tsar modernized and expanded Russia in the late 17th century.
Who is Peter the Great
This Englishman formulated the laws of motion and universal gravitation.
Who is Sir Isaac Newton
This Portuguese prince sponsored early voyages of exploration.
Who is Prince Henry the Navigator
This Northern Renaissance thinker wrote In Praise of Folly
Who is Erasmus
This council aimed to reform the Catholic Church during the Counter-Reformation
What is the Council of Trent
This political theory was used to justify many absolutists power
What is Divine Right
This physician challenged traditional ideas of anatomy in De humani corporis fabrica.
Who is Andreas Vesalius
This empire was conquered by Hernán Cortés.
What is the Aztecs
This Dutch painter is famous for works like The Arnolfini Portrait.
Who is Jan Van Eyck
This French royal edict granted religious toleration to Huguenots in 1598
What is the Edict of Nantes
This English political philosopher advocated for a strong monarchy in Leviathan.
Who is Thomas Hobbes
This "father of modern chemistry" discovered the role of oxygen in combustion.
Who is Antoine Lavoisier
This system forced Native Americans to work for Spanish colonists.
What is the Encomienda System