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| 5897739816 | Patronage | Practice wherein cities, groups, and individuals used their money and power to commission writers and artists to produce specific works | 0 | |
| 5897741055 | Printing Press | Created by Johann Guttenberg in Germany, the movable-type printing press allowed for the publishing of printed books rather than those written by hand | 1 | |
| 5897743056 | Virtu | The ability to shape the world according to one's own will | 2 | |
| 5897746111 | Humanism | A program of study designed by Italians that emphasized the critical study of Latin and Greek literature with the goal of understanding human nature. | 3 | |
| 5897748089 | Niccolo Machiavelli | Political theorist during the Renaissance. Author of The Prince | 4 | |
| 5897784414 | Desiderius Erasmus | Dutch Christian humanist. Author of The Education of a Christian Prince and The Praise of Folly. Believed that education in the Bible and classics was the key to reform and improvement, and that religious renewal should be based on inner spirituality rather than outward pious acts. | 5 | |
| 5897785547 | Medici Family | Influential Florentine banking family. Political leaders and patrons of the arts. | 6 | |
| 5897786845 | Spanish Inquisition | Inquisition led by Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand to seek out and punish conversos (converts from Judaism) who still practiced Judaism. | 7 | |
| 5897789268 | New Christians | Jewish Spaniards who converted to Christianity in response to anti-Semitic pogroms that swept through Spain. Also called conversos. New Christians were often well-educated and help positions in government, the church, medicine, law, and business. Such influence and success led to further anti-Semitic feelings and actions in Spain. | 8 | |
| 5897812307 | King Henry VIII | New Monarch from the house of Tudor who worked to restore royal prestige, limit power of nobility, and establish order and law at the local level. | 9 | |
| 5897814964 | Christian Humanism | Movement in the north of humanists who interpreted Italian ideas about and attitudes toward classical antiquity and humanism in terms of their own religious traditions | 10 | |
| 5897817722 | The Prince | Book written by Niccolo Machiavelli as a guide for contemporary political figures. The work used examples of classical and contemporary rulers to argue that the function of a ruler is to preserve order and security using whatever means necessary. | 11 | |
| 5897819290 | Ferdinand and Isabella | New Monarchs. King and Queen of Spain whose political achievements resulted in a stronger Spanish national state. | 12 | |
| 5897821847 | Utopia | Novel written by English humanist Thomas More. The novel describes a perfect community in which the issues of the world have been solved through humanist values and a beneficial government. | 13 | |
| 5897823977 | The Courtier | Baldassare Castiglione's treatise that sought to train, discipline, and fashion the young man into the ideal gentleman. It also included discussion of the ideal court lady. | 14 | |
| 5897856213 | Francesco Petrarch | "The Father of Humanism", Petrarch believed that the recovery of classical text would bring about a new golden age of intellectual achievement. He proposed a revival of the liberal arts, and those who advocated his beliefs were called humanists. | 15 | |
| 5897858342 | Leonardo da Vinci | A genius and a "Renaissance Man", he was a skilled artist, scientist, and inventor. | 16 | |
| 5897860449 | Courts | magnificent households and palaces where signori and other rulers lived, conducted business, and supported the arts | 17 | |
| 5897904158 | Michelangelo | Florentine artist whose commissioned work was highly valued in Renaissance Italy. | 18 | |
| 5897907237 | Michealangelo's David | Statue of a biblical figure commissioned by the city of Florence to be displayed in the city's main square. | 19 |
