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| Lorenzo de' Medici | generous Patron of the arts and represented the Renaissance Ideal. |
| Francesco Patrarch | Florentine humanist that wrote Sonnets to Laura |
| Leonardo da Vinci | Born in Florence. His best work is the Mona Lisa. Made early sketches of submarines and airplanes. |
| Michelangelo | Artist who painted the Sistine chapel, and also sculpted pieces liek the Pieta and David. |
| Raphael | Painter whose styles blended Chrisitan and Secular beliefs. He painted the School of Athens, and is known for his madonnas. |
| Sofonisba Anguissola | Italian noblewoman who was court painter for Phillip II of Spain. |
| Filippo Brunelleschi | Created the dome for the cathedral in Florence. |
| Baldassare Castiglione | Wrote the most famous "how-to" books, "The Book of the Courtier." |
| Niccolo Machiavelli | Wrote "The Prince," which offered advice to kings on how to become rulers and maintain their position |
| Jan and Hubert Van Eyck | Developed oil paint. |
| Albrect Durer | Spread Italian Renaissance to his homeland...known as the "German Leonardo" |
| Pieter Bruegel | Flemish artist that portrayed lively scenes of peasant life. He was known as "Peasant Bruegal" |
| Johann Gutenburg | Invented metal movable type. |
| Protestant Reformation | The Church renewed itself from inside. |
| Martin Luther | Posted the 95 Theses, Declared an outlaw and excommunicated by Pope Leo X... Founder of the Lutheran church. |
| Peace of Augsburg | Treaty that allowed Princes to decide which religion they wanted for their kingdom. |
| John Calvin | Believed in Predestination. Wrote "Institutes of the Christian Religion." |
| John Knox | Started the Presbyterian church. He led Calvinists to overthrow their Scottish catholic queen. |
| Anabaptists | People that believed babies shouldn't be baptized. . |
| Henry 8 | Lots of wives, weirdo |
| Mary Tudor | Henry's first daughter (with Catherine...) AKA Bloody Mary. |
| Thomas Cranmer | Wrote the "Book of Common Prayer", which imposed a modern Protestant service but kept many Catholic doctrines. |
| Council of Trent | Set up by POpe Paul III to direct the direction of the Catholic reformation... |
| Inquisition | Used Secret Testimony, torture, and execution to "punish" Protestants. |
| Jesuits | group of Catholics dedicated to spreading Catholicism ..founded by Ignatius of Loyola |
| St. Teresa of Avila | Reformed many convents and monastaries throughout Spain |
