The Renaissance

Renaissance artist used ----- to express humanist ideas.

Name the period in European history when people became interested again in art and learning.

Humanists wanted to use reason, not just religion, to gain knowledge.

He wrote in the vernacular and wrote The Canterbury Tales in English.

An emphasis on worldly concerns with a belief that reason leads to knowledge.

The Renaissance began in -----, the center of the Roman Empire.

Who invented the printing press?

During the Renaissance people became more -------, or interested in worldly ideas and events.

Italian cities were very rich through ----- and people could pay for artists to make new works.

Humanists believed that individuals were important.

Who paid Italian artists to create work during the Renaissance?

Niccolo Macchiavelli wrote --------- in 1513, saying rulers should do anything to keep power.

The ruins of ancient ---- inspired Italians in their own art.

European scholars created humanism based on ancient ---------- ideas.

Educated people wrote in Latin, but also everyday language that people spoke in a region called

-------- was the most famous city of the Renaissance.

Humanist scholars studied -------.

How did Gutenberg's printing press change Europe?

Politics in Italy were not simple. Italians developed ------, making agreements with countries.

War, trade, travel, and the printing press spread humanist ideas to northern Europe to England

The Age of Rebirth began lasted in Europe from -----

Italy was made of city-states that were a ---------, a government controlled by its citizens.