This use of this device spread throughout Europe, ensuring the production of cheaper, more accessible books, which spread knowledge throughout Europe.
What is the printing press?
100
This person was key part of the Reformation.
Who is Martin Luther?
200
This English playwright wrote comedies, tragedies and historical plays, and created 37 plays and over 1,700 words.
Who is William Shakespeare?
200
Painter of the Madonna and Child?
Who is Raphael?
200
This person wrote "The Book of the City Ladies".
Who is Christine de Pizan?
200
This is the everyday language of ordinary people...
What is vernacular?
200
These were sold by the church in order for sins to be forgiven.
What are indulgences?
300
This Florentine was the inventor, musician, engineer and artist who painted the Mona Lisa and Last Supper.
Who is Leonardo Da Vinci?
300
This person sculpted the statue "David".
Who is Michaelangelo?
300
This intellectual movement, which based itself on the study of classical culture and worldly subjects, lay at the heart of the Italian Renaissance.
What is humanism?
300
This person was a reformer with different beliefs than
Martin Luther.
Who is Erasmus?
400
This person wrote "The Canterbury Tales".
Who is Chaucer?
400
Renaissance art attempted to capture this sort of style.
What is realism?
400
Dante wrote this book.
What is "The Divine Comedy"?
400
This term refers a person who gave financial support to artists, poets, and philosophers.
What is a patron?
400
Those who protested against the Catholic Church were called this.
What are Protestants?
500
This family went from "rags to riches" and held a great amount of political power in Florence, thanks to their control of banks and trades, and they were also financial supporters of the arts.
Who are The Medici Family?
500
This was a technique used to make paintings seem three-dimensional...
What is perspective?
500
Niccolo Machiavelli authored this book.
What is "The Prince"?
500
The meaning of "renaissance"?
What is rebirth?
500
This Pope opposed Martin Luther and other reformists.