| A | B |
|---|
| An independent city that rules itself | City-state |
| How the Italian city-states got their wealth | Maritime trade |
| The form of government common in Italian city-states | Republic |
| Powerful family that controlled the politics of Florence | Medici |
| He ruled the Papal States, which controlled central Italy | The Pope |
| When a person or institution supports an artist with their money and connections | Patronage |
| The art of this empire inspired the dramatic, emotion figures in Renaissance art | Byzantine |
| Combined elements of Byzantine and Gothic art and served as a precursor to the Renaissance | International Gothic |
| Scholars fleeing the fall of Constantinople brought these with them to Italy | Writings from ancient Greece |
| Philosophy of studying classical culture to become a virtuous citizen | Humanism |
| "To the sources" | Ad fontes |
| Rediscovered and published the lost letters of the Roman senator Cicero | Petrarch |
| Created a critical edition of the Bible comparing the different Greek sources | Erasmus |
| Philosophy of the Middle Ages, which focused on harmonizing the teachings of accepted authorities | Scholasticism |
| Author of the Divine Comedy, which blending themes and characters from Christianity and classical culture | Dante |
| The culture of ancient Greece and Rome | Classical |
