One reason why the Renaissance began in Italy?

Wealthy Italian family; patron of the arts in Italy

Artists and sculptor who painted the Sistine Chapel

Famous author who wrote plays that emphasized humanist values.

Innovation that made possible the spread of the ideas of the Renaissance and Protestant Reformation

German printer; first in Europe to use movable type to print

Means rebirth

Martin Luther's arguments against the practices of the Catholic Church.

During the Middle Ages, money given to the Catholic Church to have one's sins forgiven

Intellectual movement that focuses on worldly issues rather than religious or spiritual issues.

Where did the Renaissance begin?

Someone who protested abuses in the Catholic Church

Took England out of the Catholic Church because the pope would not annul his marriage to Catherine of Aragon.

Tried to return Catholicism to England after the death of her brother Edward VI.

Pope who started the practice of selling indulgences.

The person most responsible for starting the Protestant Reformation.