1. The Northern Renaissance
The “Rebirth” spreads throughout Europe

2. Development of the Renaissance 1300-1600
The Middle Ages
Trade Expands
Merchants gain wealth/power
City-States develop
Individualism
Secularism
Humanism
New “modern” society

3. The Northern Renaissance
Late 1400’s Northern Europe recovered from plague & Hundred Years’ War
Italy was ruled by city-states
England & France ruled by strong monarchs
Renaissance ideas began to spread north to England, France, Germany & Flanders

4. Monarchs & the Renaissance
Northern Kings supported artists during Renaissance
War in Italy caused artists & writers to flee to northern Europe
Northern Renaissance developed its own unique style

5. The Printing Press Gutenberg invented the printing press 1440
The Bible was the first book printed [1455]

6. Books Change the World
By 1500 presses in 250 cities printed 9-10 million books
End result:
New ideas spread more quickly than ever before
Writing in vernacular languages increase

7. Analyze this Cartoon

8. Christian Humanists Desiderius Erasmus Thomas More
Wrote In Praise of Folly
Thomas More
Wrote Utopia

9. “Never again would western men be so occupied with the
nature of the next world that they would be unattentive
to the nature of this one”
Society was developed a:
1) Interest in classical culture
2) Curiosity about the world
3) Belief in Human Potential