The Northern Renaissance

After many people began reading and interpreting the Bible, they

began to challenge the Church's teachings.

By 1500, Renaissance ideas were mainly being spread across Europe through

books.

William Shakespeare's plays contributed to Renaissance culture by

creating complex characters.

A Northern Renaissance writer who criticized the Catholic Church was

Desiderius Erasmus.

The Italian wars that began in 1494 helped spread Renaissance ideas to

France.

How did Thomas More's work help spread humanistic ideas?

He applied them to society.

Based on the painting, which best states how Holbein contributed to the Northern Renaissance?

Holbein blended techniques from the Italian Renaissance with his own artistic style.

How did the end of the Hundred Years' War in 1453 help spread the Renaissance across northern Europe?

It allowed France to focus on the Renaissance.

Which best explains why the Gutenberg press transformed European society?

It increased printing speed while reducing cost, allowing printed ideas to spread more widely and quickly.

Which best describes printing before the invention of the Gutenberg printing press?

a long, expensive process