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| (1254-1324) an Italian trader who traveled to China and later wrote about his trip. During his time in China, he served as a government official in Kublai Khan's court |
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| the period of rebirth and creativity that followed Europe's Middle Ages |
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| the study of history, literature, public speaking, and art that led to a new way of thinking in Europe in the later 1300s. |
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| (1265-1321) an Italian Renaissance poet who wrote "The Divine Comedy" in the Italian language |
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| (1469-1527) an Italian writer and politician who wrote "The Prince" in which he advised leaders on how to rule |
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| (1475-1564) an Italian Renaissance artist who designed buildings, wrote poetry, and created sculptures and paintings |
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| (1452-1519) Genius of the Renaissance. He was a painter, sculptor, inventor, engineer, town planner, and mapmaker |
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| (1304-1374) an early Italian Renaissance scholar who wrote about the importance of knowing history |
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| (c. 1400-1468) German printer who developed a printing press that used movable type |
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| the combination of humanist and religious ideas |
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| (1466-1536) a Dutch priest who published "In Praise of Folly" in which he criticized corrupt clergy. His criticisms helped inspire the Protestant Reformation. |
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| (1471-1528) the German Renaissance artist who is famous for his prints and woodcuts |
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| (1547-1616) the Spanish writer who wrote "Don Quixote" |
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| (1564-1616) the English Renaissance writer and playwright who is considered by many to be the greatest English writer of all time |
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| a reform movement against the Roman Catholic Church that began in 1517. It resulted in the creation of Protestant churches. |
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| (1483-1546) German priest credited with starting the Reformation. He nailed a list of complaints about the Catholic Church to a church door in Wittenberg, Germany. |
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| a Christian who protested against the Catholic church |
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| (1509-1564) a Christian reformer who taught about predestination, living good lives, and obeying God's laws |
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| the effort of the late 1500s and 1600s to reform the Catholic Church from within. Also called the Counter-Reformation. |
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| members of a Catholic religious order created to serve the Pope and the church |
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| the sharing of power between local governments and a strong central government |
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