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Chapter 17
Section 2:
The
Northern
Renaissance
Setting the Stage
Classic ideas impressed academics and
students who visited Italy.
 Merchants spread ideas from Italy to other
European urban centers.
 1400’s Renaissance spread to Northern
Europe

– England
– France
– Germany
The Northern Renaissance Begins
Italy governed by city-states
 Northern Europe dominated by monarchs
 Renaissance Ideas Spreads

– Italy
 Artistic Ideas centered on religious
glorification
– Northern Europe
 Artistic Ideas inspire humanist thinking
which would lead to social reform
Artistic Ideas Spread
France launches
war on Italy
 Artistic
movement goes
North to
Germany

France
Germany
Italy
German Painters

Hans Hoblein –
Most famous
for his
portraits which
were
photographic
in detail.
Flemish Painters

Pieter Bruegel
– Paintings were
 Realistic
 Detailed
 Of the common
people
– Used rich
colors, vivid
details of
everyday life
Flemish Artist

Rembrandt
– Was greatest of
the Northern
Renaissance
artists
– Known for his
use of light and
shadow
Northern Writers Try to Reform
Society
Renaissance writers
produced work in the
vernacular or in one’s
own language.
 Northern writers adopted the
use of humanism in their
writings.
 Christian Humanists writers
gave their writings a more
religious slant.

Christian Humanists

Sir Thomas More
– Writer who wrote
about the flaws of
society
– Most famous work
 Utopia – Greek term
meaning “No Place”
in English came to
mean “Ideal Place”
 Utopia was about a
place that was free
from war, crime and
greed.
William Shakespeare
English writer
 Poet and playwright
 *Greatest Plays
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Romeo and Juliet
Julius Caesar
King Lear
Macbeth
Hamlet
Midsummer Night’s
Dream
*The Elizabethan Age
*Renaissance of
England
 Named after the
youngest daughter of
Henry VIII
 Queen Elizabeth I

– Good Queen Bess
– Patron of the arts in
England
 *Funded the
literature works of
William Shakespeare
Printing Spreads Renaissance Ideas

*Johann
Gutenberg
– Reinvented
moveable type in
1440
– Craftsman from
Germany
Gutenberg Invents the Printing Press

*Gutenberg
invented the
printing press
– Invention used to
mass produce
written work
– First printed work =
BIBLE
– Only 46 copies
remain of
Gutenberg Bible
*Printing Spreads Learning
Enabled mass production of printed
word – Books (became less
expensive)
 New ideas were easily spread
(*secular ideas spread too)
 Vernacular became more common

– People could not afford “Classical”
education.
– Questioning the Bible since they could
read it on own!
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*Development of printing led to
increased literacy – the ability to
read.
*Shakespeare’s poems circulated
Quick Review
1.
2.
3.
4.
What country did Elizabeth I rule as
queen and support the development of
Renaissance ideals in her nation?
What was the result of the Elizabethan
Age?
Who invented the printing press?
What were the effects of the printing
press?