Someone who studies classical text to learn history, rhetoric, poetry and individualism.
What is a humanist?
100
This is the artist who painted the Mona Lisa.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
100
This humanist writer and devout Catholic wrote "Utopia".
Who is Sir Thomas More?
100
This was the institution that still was central in most European peasant life during the Renaissance.
What is the Catholic Church?
100
This was a paid pardon from a punishment for sin.
What is an indulgence?
200
This was the code of conduct followed by Medieval knights.
What is chivalry?
200
The Birth of Venus was painted by this famous Italian Renaissance artist.
Who is Sandro Boticelli?
200
The author who wrote "In Praise of the Folie" was also a good friend to Sir Thomas More.
Who is Erasmus?
200
This king established Church of England.
Who is Henry VIII?
200
This religious revolution split the church in Western Europe and created several new churches.
What is the Reformation?
300
This is a focus on wordly pursuits rather than focus on religion.
What is secular?
300
He was the northern Renaissance artist who was accomplished at painting scenes in nature.
Who is Albrecht Durer?
300
This French satirist wrote raunchy pieces mocking Catholic Church officials. His works were banned and burned by the Church.
Who is Francois Rabelais?
300
This true Renaissance man studied human anatomy by examining corpses. He drew "Vitruvian Man" showing anatomically correct human structure.
Who is da Vinci?
300
He helped spark the Reformation when wrote the 95 Theses and nailed them to the door of the church in Wittenberg.
Who is Martin Luther?
400
This organization was formed by artisans and craftsmen during the Middle Ages.
What is a guild?
400
This is the artist who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
Who is Michelangelo?
400
This Dutch Humanist and friend of Thomas More infuriated the Catholic Church through his satirical writings.
Who is Erasmus?
400
This man refused to sign the Act of Succession declaring Catherine of Aragon's daugther Mary illegitimate and was subsequently tried for treason and beheaded.
Who is Sir Thomas More?
400
He printed the Bible in the vernacular and helped spread the Reformation movement throughout northern Europe.
Who is Johann Gutenberg?
500
This family was a major financier of the Renaissance and a banking power in Italy.
What is the Medici family?
500
He was the Flemish artist who was among the first to use oils and was known for his great attention to detail.
Who is Jan van Eyck?
500
This humanist playwright and author wrote "Titus Andronicus", a play in which a mother is fed a pie made out of her two sons.
Who is William Shakespeare?
500
Writer of “The Prince” who believed it is better to be feared than loved.
Who is Machiavelli?
500
The Calvinist belief that you are already set to go to Heaven or Hell.