1. The Renaissance and Reformation
Section 2: The Renaissance in the North
Witness History Audio: An Expanding World
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.
Notes: Listen to the Witness History audio. Then read aloud the main idea for each subheading in this section and show the related visuals.
After listening to the Witness History audio, ask, “Why does Rabelais compare his time to that of Plato and Cicero?” (Renaissance humanists measured their own time against the classical period.)
When showing Color Transparency 80, ask students to study the graphic organizer and then write a paragraph restating its meaning.
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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2. The Renaissance and Reformation
Section 2: The Renaissance in the North
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.
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.
Notes: Listen to the Witness History audio. Then read aloud the main idea for each subheading in this section and show the related visuals.
After listening to the Witness History audio, ask, “Why does Rabelais compare his time to that of Plato and Cicero?” (Renaissance humanists measured their own time against the classical period.)
When showing Color Transparency 80, ask students to study the graphic organizer and then write a paragraph restating its meaning.
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