| A | B |
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| Patron | person who financially supports the arts |
| Humanist | People who specialize in studying the humanities, which includes grammar, history, poetry, and rhetoric. |
| Perspective | 3-D art technique |
| Renaissance | Time period denoted by a focus on revival of Greece and Rome culture, art, ideals, etc |
| Middle Ages | Time period between the fall of Rome and the Renaissance |
| Crusades | Series of wars/conflicts between Christians or Muslims to reclaim the "Holy Land" |
| Feudalism | Political system of local government based on the granting of land in return for loyalty, military assistance, and other services. |
| Chivalry | code of conduct for knights |
| Serf | Peasants who were bound to the land where they worked for a lord. |
| Vassal | Person granted land from a lord in return for services. |
| Inquisition | Institution of the Roman Catholic Church that sought to eliminate heresy by seeking out and punishing heretics. |
