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13.2
13.2 Renaissance
Term | Definition |
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Johann Gutenberg | printed the first complete addition of the Christian Bible using a printing press with movable type in about 1455 |
Albrecht Dürer | one of the first northern artists to be profoundly affected by Renaissance Italy |
Erasmus | one of the most important scholars of the age, writing texts on a number of subjects and used his knowledge of classical languages to produce a new Greek edition of the Christian Bible |
Thomas More | pressed for social reform |
Shakespeare | wrote 37 plays that are still performed around the world (the English poet and playwright) |
Flanders | a thriving center of trade for Northern Europe |
engraving | an artist etches a design on a metal plate with acid, then using the plate to make prints |
vernacular | everyday language of ordinary people |
utopian | any ideal society often with the implication that such society is ultimately impractical |