The Renaissance spread from Italy to Northern Europe in the 15th century after the Hundred Years' War ended. It began in Flanders and was influenced by wealthy rulers who employed Italian artists. Northern Renaissance art had more Christian themes and a focus on realism, as seen in the works of Flemish painters. The printing press also spread ideas. Northern Humanism, exemplified by Desiderius Erasmus and Thomas More, focused more on Christianity and education reform than classical texts. Erasmus criticized the exorbitance of church leaders in his book "The Praise of Folly". Shakespeare lived in Elizabethan England and performed at the Globe Theatre, drawing from classics but focusing on human flaws and emotions.

1. Northern Renaissance
Ch. 1 Sec. 2

2. Renaissance Spreads
• 100 Yr. war ends in 1453
and cities grow rapidly
• Begins in Flanders
• War/Wealthy rulers bring
in Italians
• More Christian Themed
• More focused on realism
–Flemish Painters
• Printing Press

3. NORTHERN HUMANISM
• Focused on Christianity more than
Classics
• Education was the focus
• Desiderius Erasmus (Holland)
–The Praise of Folly (1509)
–Criticized church leaders’ exorbitance
• Thomas More (England)
–Utopia (1516)
–Criticized greed, corruption, and War
Erasmus- Durer

4. Erasmus
“The Praise of Folly”
“Scarce any kind of men live more (devoted
to pleasure) or with less trouble….To work
miracles is….not in fashion now; to
interpret the Scripture, (too bookish); to
pray, a sign one has little else to do…and
lastly, to die, uncouth; and to be stretched
on a cross, infamous.”

5. Shakespeare
• Lived in Elizabethan England
• Performed at the Globe theatre
• Utilized the classics and focused on
human flaws and emotions

6. Shakespeare
• Lived in Elizabethan England
• Performed at the Globe theatre
• Utilized the classics and focused on
human flaws and emotions