Italy: Birthplace of the Renaissance
A period of European history, lasting from about 1300 to 1600, during which renewed interest in classical culture led to far-reaching changes in art, learning, and views of the world ...
Answer: Renaissance.
A machine for reproducing written material by pressing paper against arrangements of inked type ...
Answer: printing press.
A pardon releasing a person from punishments due for sin ...
Answer: indulgence.
Religious reformer and theologian, born in France: leader of Protestant Reformation in Geneva, Switzerland ...
Answer: John Calvin.
Italian banker, statesman, and patron of art and literature ...
Answer: Cosimo de' Medici ("the Elder").
The first full-sized book printed with movable type and a printing press ...
Answer: Gutenberg Bible.
A 16th-century movement for religious reform, leading to the founding of Christian churches that rejected the pope’s authority ...
Answer: Reformation.
The doctrine that God has decided all things beforehand, including which people will be eternally saved ...
Answer: predestination.
Ruler of Florence, patron of art and literature, and poet ...
Answer: Lorenzo de’ Medici (“Lorenzo the Magnificent” ; Lorenzo I).
Dutch humanist, scholar, theologian, and satirist ...
Answer: Desiderius Erasmus.
German leader of the Protestant Reformation; a theological writer and translator of the Bible ...
Answer: Martin Luther.
In the Reformation, a Protestant group that believed in baptizing only those persons who were old enough to decide to be Christian and in separation of church and state ...
Answer: Anabaptists.
Italian painter, sculptor, architect, musician, engineer, mathematician, and scientist ...
Answer: Leonardo da Vinci.
An imaginary land described by Thomas More in his book Utopia – hence, an ideal place ...
Answer: Utopia.
Relating to the Church of England ...
Answer: Anglican.
Members of the Society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic religious order founded by Ignatius of Loyola ...
Answer: Jesuits.
Italian statesman and writer on government ...
Answer: Niccolo Machiavelli.
A tragedy (produced between 1591 and 1596) by Shakespeare ...
Answer: Romeo and Juliet.
A 1555 agreement declaring that the religion of each German state would be decided by its ruler ...
Answer: Peace of Augsburg.
A meeting of Roman Catholic leaders, called by Pope Paul III to rule on doctrines criticized by the Protestant reformers ...
Answer: Council of Trent.