A well known Italian Renaissance artist, architect, musician, mathematician, engineer, and scientist. Known for the Mona Lisa

An Italian sculptor, painter, poet, engineer, and architect. Famous works include the mural on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, and the sculpture of the biblical character David.

this was the pope that used the sale of indulgences to rebuild a basilica and he was also the pope who challenged Martin Luther

Invented the printing press

Swiss religious reformer who believed in predestination and a strict sense of morality for society; disagreed with Luther

English poet and playwright considered one of the greatest writers of the English language; works include Julius Caesar, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, and Hamlet.

"rebirth"; following the Middle Ages, a movement that centered on the revival of interest in the classical learning of Greece and Rome

an Italian city-state and leading cultural center during the Renaissance

the exchange of goods and cultural ideas along the Mediterranean Sea.

religion and faith

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During the Renaissance, artwork became more

What invention caused the spread of knowledge in Europe during the Renaissance period?

A religious movement of the 16th century that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the creation of Protestant churches.

Calvin's religious theory that God has already planned out a person's life.

Arguments written by Martin Luther against the Catholic church. They were posted on Octobe 31, 1517.

Sun is the center of the universe

An orbit in the shape of an oval instead of a circle

Used telescope to support heliocentric theory

developed the scientific method

scientist that developed the three laws of motion (gravity)