The Renaissance

This political theorist taught that it was better for a ruler to be feared than to be loved

This port city was Renaissance Italy's primary link to Asia.

Most Italian city-states practiced this form of democracy (at least on paper...).

Controversial pope who was involved in the attempted assassination of the Medici brothers

This German inventor created the printing press.

French word meaning "rebirth"; describes the era in which Europe rediscovered art and education

This is the belief in the worth of individuals and that reason is the path to knowledge.

This Renaissance city gained its wealth from making and trading cloth made from English wool.

This concept was used by artists like da Vinci to make their art more realistic

This city was the first major center of the Renaissance.

The most famous unofficial dictator of the city-state of Florence; almost assassinated

This "Renaissance Man" was a master artist and inventor (kind of) of thousands of machines.

This Renaissance city was built over hundreds of small islands off the Adriatic coast of Italy.

These soldiers fought for the Italian city-state that offered the highest pay.

This plague spread killed as much as 1/3 of Europe's population during the 1300s.

Who actually held most of the power in Renaissance Italy?

Culture that grows in cities rather than the countryside.

This Italian noble was the mastermind behind the attempted assassination of the Medici brothers

This wealthy family served as the unofficial rulers of Florence for hundreds of years.

Residents of this Renaissance city traveled by canal instead of roads.