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THE RENAISSANCE continues in Northern Europe

THE RENAISSANCE continues in Northern Europe. The Northern Renaissance. The Renaissance came later to the north because of the plague and the distance from Italy. The Northern renaissance began in Flanders - modern Belgium, The Netherlands, and northern France.

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THE RENAISSANCE continues in Northern Europe

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  1. THE RENAISSANCE continues in Northern Europe

  2. The Northern Renaissance • The Renaissance came later to the north because of the plague and the distance from Italy. • The Northern renaissance began in Flanders - modern Belgium, The Netherlands, and northern France. • Albrecht Durer helped spread Italian ideas.

  3. Flemish Painters • Jan and Hubert van Eyck portrayed towns people. • They also developed oil painting. • Pieter Brueghel was a leading Flemish artist who painted scenes of daily life. • Peter Paul Reubens - painted large voluptuous ladies. Hans Holbein –portraits of famous people

  4. Reubens - Yes Reubens - No

  5. The Northern Humanists • The Development of the Printing Press in Germany led to the spread of knowledge • The Philosophers Erasmus and Thomas More were great Northern thinkers and writers. • Erasmus’ In Praise of Folly,and More’s Utopia

  6. Northern Literature • English Literature reached it’s peak in the late 1500’s, early 1600’s. • William Shakespeare, The Plays Hamlet, Othello, Taming of the Shrew, etc. • Francois Rabelais wrote Gargantua and Pantagruel • Miquel de Cervantes wrote Don Quixote.

  7. The Printing Press • The printing press and cheaper paper made books accessible to most people. • Johann Gutenberg of Mainz, Germany printed a complete edition of the bible. • More people began to learn to read and write. • The printing press and free thought lead to the Protestant Reformation.

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