LOS AMIGOS HIGH SCHOOL
AP EUROPEAN HISTORY
Unit XI: THE NORTHERN RENAISSANCE (1453-1607)
The Northern Renaissance (338-339)
Northern Renaissance, printing press,
Christian Humanism,
Index of
Forbidden Books, Reuchlin Affair
LITERATURE: *not in
flash-cards
*Richard
III by William Shakespeare
In
Praise of Folly by Desiderius Erasmus
*Letters
of Obscure Men
Utopia by Thomas More
*Complutensian Polyglot Bible by Francisco JimŽnez de Cisneros
GUIDED
READING QUESTIONS:
- In what ways did northern Renaissance humanism
differ from the humanism of the Italian
Renaissance?
- How
did the invention of printing with movable type affect European society?
PEOPLE:
Northern Renaissance Humanism and Art (340-341)
GUIDED READING QUESTIONS:
- In
what ways did Erasmus challenge commonly held religious beliefs of his time?
- In
what ways did the introduction of humanism in England, France, and Germany
prepare
the way for Protestant religious
reforms in those nation-states?
- How
did Northern Christian humanism assist Spain in maintaining a strict Catholic
society
throughout the Protestant Reformation.
ART:
PEOPLE:
Desiderius
Erasmus Rudolf Agricola Ulrich von Hutten
Thomas
More William Shakespeare Francisco
JimŽnez de Cisneros
Jan
Van Eyck Albrecht Duerer Hans Holbein the
Younger
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