Renaissance beyond Italy

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Renaissance beyond Italy

• 19.2
• Chapter 19
• Section 2

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Science and Education

• Mathematics could help understand the universe
• Studied ancient math texts built on it
• Created symbols still used today
• Square root, positive and negative numbers
• Advances in math led to advances in other fields
• Engineers, architects, astronomy

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Spread of New Ideas
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Paper Printing

• Johann Gutenburg
• German
• Printing Press
• Used movable type
• 1456 printed the bible Gutenburg Bible
• Written in Latin

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New Universities

• Opened in France, Germany, and the Netherlands
• Idea about value of individuals spread throughout
  Europe
• Only men could attend university
• Noble families would educate their daughters

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Northern Renaissance

• Humanism spread took more of a religious tone
• Focused on the history of Christianity
• Northern scholars felt the Church had become
  corrupt
• Led charge for reform
• Brought key changes to art
• More realistic

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Literature Beyond Italy

• Included Renaissance ideas in their works
• Wrote in the languages of their home countries
• Spain Miguel de Cervantes
• Don Quixote
• Poked fun at the Middle Ages
• England William Shakespeare
• Wrote more than 30 plays

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