1. The Northern Renaissance

2. Humanism humanism - interest in the classics 3 Main Beliefs:
seek fulfillment in daily life
each individual has dignity and worth
ideal person participates in a wide variety of activities

3. Renaissance Man
Term or nickname given to a person who participates in a wide variety of activities
Eg: a student who plays on the football team, participates in Boy Scouts, and also plays the piano.

4. “Wherever your life ends, it is all there
“Wherever your life ends, it is all there. The advantage of living is not measured by length, but by use; some people have lived long, and lived little; attend to it while you are in it. It lies in your will, not in the number of years, for you to have lived enough.” Michel de Montaigne

5. Spread of Ideas
by the late 1400s, the Renaissance movement began to spread north into Europe (Northern Renaissance)
How?
war, trade, travel, printing press

6. France
King Francis I hires many Italian artists and writers to visit France and teach their skills
chateaux - French castle

7. Germany 1440s - Johannes Gutenberg creates a printing press
used metal letters that could be used and reused to create words (moveable type)

8. Germany
books could now be printed quickly = more books = more people reading/ learning
first book printed was the Bible
no more hand-copying!!
ideas spread like wildfire!!

9. Spain Spanish Inquisition
attempt by Spanish government to make all Spaniards Catholic
thousands of people killed

10. England people in Renaissance England loved plays
William Shakespeare was the most famous playwright in England
late 1500s - early 1600s

11. William Shakespeare wrote comedies and tragedies
liked to write about history
stories from old England and Ancient Rome
Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Hamlet, Julius Caesar, A Midsummer Night’s Dream