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He was the greatest English playwright of all time.
Who was William Shakespeare?
This was the birthplace of the Renaissance.
What is Italy?
He painted the Mona Lisa.
Who was Leonardo da Vinci.
This is the religious movement that produced a new form of Protestantism.
What is the Reformation?
These rulers began the Spanish Inquisition and wanted people to convert to Catholicism.
Who were King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella?
He wrote 95 Theses.
Who was Martin Luther?
This city was the first major center of the Renaissance because of its wealth and central location.
What is Florence?
He painted the Sistine Chapel.
Who was Michelangelo?
This is a pardon or forgiveness of a sin.
What is an indulgence?
This person took the throne after "Bloody Mary."
Who was Queen Elizabeth?
He wrote The Prince.
Who is Niccolo Machiavelli?
This leading Renaissance city was built on small islands and used canals and waterways as streets.
What is Venice?
He painted the School of Athens.
Who was Raphael?
John Calvin believed that God has already decided who go to heaven and who will not. He decides the final outcome of all events in universe.
What is predestination?
This wealthy, powerful family from Florence owned the largest bank in Europe during the 1400s.
Who was the Medici family?
This Christian humanist wrote Praise of Folly.
Who is Erasmus?
King Phillip II was from this country.
What is Spain?
Painters had a way of showing people and things as they appear at different distances.
What is perspective?
This is a belief in the worth of the individual and that reason is a path to knowledge.
What is humanism?
This person excommunicated Martin Luther.
Who was Pope Leo X?
He wrote Divine Comedy.
Who is Dante?
The Edict of Nantes said Catholicism was the official religion of this country.
What is France?
These artists used oil paints with richer colors.
What were northern European painters? (Northern Renaissance painters)
This refers to when people became more interested in worldly ideas and events, not just religious ones.
What is secular?
In 1519, this person became the Holy Roman Emperor which included about 300 German states.
Who was Charles V?