city in northern Italy where the Renaissance began

everyday spoken language of the people

inventor of the moveable type printing press

Italian painter, sculptor, musician, architect, and painted the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper

Italian painter, sculptor, poet, and architect; painted fresco on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel

person responsible for starting the Protestant Reformation

a way of balancing the parts of a design to make a pleasing whole

religious protest against the Roman Catholic Church

also known as the Catholic Reformation

Martin Luther wrote a list of complaints against the Church

when the Catholic Church sold pardon for sins