| A | B |
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| apprentice | someone who agreed to live with and work for another for a specified period, in return for instructions in a trade or craft |
| prior | the person, or officer, in charge of a priory , or monastery |
| Renaissance Man | one who is highly skilled and has broad interests in many or all of the arts and sciences |
| quarry | to obtain stone from a pit or excavation by cutting, digging, or blasting it |
| diplomat | one who represents a government in its relationships with other governments |
| infallible | incapable of error; certain |
| chateau | a French castle, or large country house |
| Gutenberg | invented the printing press; from Germany |
| Machiavelli | wrote a book about how a prince should rule; The Prince |
| Castiglione | wrote a book about how to act and having good manners; The Courtier |
| Cervantes | a Spanish writer; wrote THe History of Don Quixote de la Mancha |
| Shakespeare | an English writer; wrote many plays and sonnets |
| Galileo | an Italian astronomer who proved the heliocentric theory and improved the telescope; wrote The Starry Messenger |
| Leonardo da Vinci | considered the "Renaissance Man"; painted the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper |
| Michelangelo | a great sculptor and painter of the Renaissance; sculpted David and painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel |
