A northern Renaissance humanist from Flanders who wrote "The Praise of Folly" in which he poked fun at the clergy, scholars and merchants

Wrote "The Prince" which was a secular treatise on how to be a good ruler. The main message is "the ends justify the means"

The center of the Northern Renaissance:

The focus on the individual is called:

Northern humanist who wrote Utopia describing a perfect society and world, while also trying to point out that it would never be.

Italian Artist, scientist, engineer, architect, and inventor. He is most well known for his painting of the "Mona Lisa" and "The Last Supper"

Three characteristics of Renaissance art:

Invented the movable type printing press which allowed for mass production of books. The first mass published book was the bible.

What is the name of Machiavelli's book on secular statecraft?

A wealthy person who pays to have artists create works of art.

Italian Renaissance artist who is most well know for his sculptures of the marble "David" and "La Pieta". He was also commissioned to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.

He is considered to be the "father of humanism". He wrote in prose and poetry about classical virtues. He wrote in Latin and his vernacular, Italian. Many of his sonnets were to a woman named Laura

A prominent banking family in Florence who inadvertently ruled Florence. They were patrons to the arts, mostly Michelangelo.

English playwright who wrote about the human condition in both tragedies and comedies

The three most well known Italian city-states during the Renaissance.

Was destroyed by the Ottoman Turks when they sacked Constantinople in 1453.

Was the main economic effect of the Crusades.

The term that means charging high interest rates.

Non-religious

Using these made record keeping much easier for banking.

What is the nickname for Leonardo da Vinci?

Opposed to use of credit and usury.

What is Petrarch called?

What the Renaissance means:

The Italian Renaissance started in this city:

To formally explain in writing the principles of a subject.