Tension Brewing Crossword

A monk who called for a rejection of worldliness and ungodliness in Renaissance Florence
An invention in the 1400's which allowed people to have access to ideas for themselves
Pursued by the Greeks, especially Aristotle, who taught that nature should be studied and observed to find patterns
Also called "the mind" - Greek philosophers such as Plato believed that it led to Truth
The study of how society should be governed to create a strong and properous state
A person who had a church office; in the Middle Ages, a position which offered an education
The most important book to people in the Middle Ages
The church leaders wanted only these men to study and interpret the Bible
A rising class of wealthy people including merchants, craftsmen and bankers
In picture on page 89, the banker's wife appears more interested in this, than her Bible
Special Church taxes that burghers did not want to pay
Many burghers began to feel more of this toward their kings than toward the Church
The leaders of the Church usually took their side against the king
State ruler who often competed with the pope for power in the Holy Roman Empire
The princes of the Holy Roman Empire were willing to accept these from the Church, but not its political authority
A place where Christians go to be purified of their sin before entering Heaven (Catholic doctrine)
Obtained through repentance, good deeds, and increasingly, money, to shorten one's time in purgatory
Leaders of the Catholic Church who might become very wealthy, living in "palaces" and commissioning expensive art