Renaissance Men
Cities of the Renaissance
Artists
Holy Catholic Church
Ideas
100
Many consider him to be the greatest English writer of all time.
Who was Shakespeare
100
He and his family ruled Florence and are often credited with the ideas that began the Renaissance.
Who was Cosimo de Medici
100
He wrote Don Quixote
Who is Miguel de Cervantes
100
This was where numerous Catholic Clergy congregated to talk about and debate necessary changes that needed to be made to the Catholic Church.
What is the Council of Trent
100
Is French for re-birth
What is Renaissance
200
His book the Divine Comedy contains a first person account of his journey through hell, purgatory, and heaven.
Who was Dante
200
This city of water was a major maritime power during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. It was a major center of commerce.
What is Venice
200
These individuals would pay and support artists so that they could do their work
What are Patrons
200
He was the King of England who split with the Catholic Church and formed the Anglican Church or the Church of England
What is Henry VIII
200
The movement away from the Catholic Church towards other, new religions
What is the Protestant Reformation
300
His travels to Asia and his stories of his travels helped to spawn the early ideas of the Renaissance
Who was Marco Polo
300
During the Renaissance it became the main industrial, commercial, and financial center of Italy.
What is Milan
300
His printing press allowed authors to get their work out much more quickly
Who is Gutenberg
300
His radical ideas sparked the Protestant Reformation
Who was Martin Luther
300
He started the idea of going on missions to spread the word of the Catholic Church
Who was Francis Xavier
400
A painter, and inventor, his great work includes the Mona Lisa, the Last Supper, and the Ventruvian Man
Who is Leonardo da Vinci
400
It was the largest seaport in Renaissance Italy and was the birthplace of Christopher Columbus.
What is Genoa
400
Italian Renaissance architect, he used mathmatical formulas to desgin stone buildings.
Who was Brunelleschi
400
A person could buy these to rid themselves of their sins.
What are indulgences
400
He began the Society of Jesus or the Jesuits
Who was Ignatius of Loyola
500
A rival of Leonardo, his statue of David is considrered one of the greatest statues of all time.
Who was Michelangelo
500
Ruled by the Medici family during the 1400's, it was a center of culture and trade.
What is Florence
500
This was the name given to the King and Queen's violent and forceful removal of all Muslims and Jews from their country.
What is the Spanish Inquisition
500
These two teams have won one and five super bowls collectively
Who are the Chicago Bears (1) :( and the San Francisco 49ers (5) :)
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