the printing revolution the invention of the printing press helped to spread the renaissance. books...
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The Printing Revolution
The invention of the printing press helped to spread the Renaissance. Books began to pour onto
the market and more people learned to read.
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The Renaissance and ReformationSection 2: The Renaissance in the North
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Northern Renaissance Artists
Flanders was the first place in northern Europe to experience the Renaissance. Some of the most
important painters in the north were Jan van Eyck, Peter Paul Rubens, and Albrecht Dürer.
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Northern Humanists
Northern European scholars also followed Humanism, but they applied it to religious themes.
Dutch priest Desiderius Erasmus called for a translation of the bible into the languages of
ordinary people. Sir Thomas More wrote of a utopian society where people could live in peace
and harmony.
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The Renaissance and ReformationSection 2: The Renaissance in the North
Writers For a New Audience
Writers began to write in language that was understandable to the average person. Shakespeare
wrote 37 plays that are still popular today.
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