The Renaissance

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

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

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

Who paid Italian artists to create work during the Renaissance?

Humanists believed that individuals were important.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Who invented the printing press?

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

How did Gutenberg's printing press change Europe?

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

Humanist scholars studied -------.

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

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