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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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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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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