The Northern Renaissance

Questions P. 480-487

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Utopia - Meaning "no place" in Greek, but in English has come to mean an ideal place.
William Shakespeare - Famous writer of the Elizabethan Era. Many regard as the greatest playwright of all time. Born in 1564.
Johann Gutenberg - Craftsman from Mainz, Germany who developed a printing press that incorporated a number of technologies in a new way. Process made it easy to produce books quickly and cheaply. Use movable type as opposed to the traditional Chinese static type. Gutenberg used his invention to print a complete bible in 1455. A copyist could take 5 months to copy a book, in the same time a man and a printing press could print 500 books.

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Durer traveled to Italy in 1494 and after returning to Germany, he produced engravings and woodcuts. Many of the prints portray religious subjects, similar to statues produced in Italy. Others portray realistic landscapes similar to the Italian Renaissance's idea of secularism.

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The Renaissance changed society in a way to make people realize that we are all equal, and that the evils of our world, like greed, corruption, and war must be weeded out, for people are meant to live in harmony, together.

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The invention of the printing press (Johann Gutenberg's version with movable type) made knowledge cheaper and more accessible to the common person. Before, Copyist could take 5 months to copy a single book, but with a man and a printing press, 500 books could be produced in the same time.