Italian Renaissance Notes Vocab Practice

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Historian researching Italian poets and Renaissance writers finds a writer (1265-1321) known for The Divine Comedy and writing in the vernacular.

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Dante

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Renaissance trade hub influenced by the Medici family.

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Florence

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German printer, first in Europe to use movable type and a printing press (1400-1468)

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Gutenberg

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Renaissance intellectual movement studying classical texts, focusing on human potential and achievements.

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Humanism

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In Florence, a book titled "The Prince" argues it's better to be feared than loved. Author?

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Machiavelli

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Polymath of the High Renaissance, renowned painter and inventor.

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Leonardo da Vinci

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Well-educated, artistic, inventive individual; can do almost anything.

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Renaissance Man

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(1475-1564) Italian artist known for the Sistine Chapel ceiling and the statue of David.

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Michelangelo

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Father of humanism; poet; invented the Italian sonnet.

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Petrarch