Virginia SOL
WHI.13d
Growing wealth in
Northern Europe
supported the ideas of
the Renaissance
Northern
Renaissance thinkers
merged humanist ideas
with Christianity
THE NORTHERN
RENAISSANCE
New technology
(movable type printing
press) and the sale of books
(Gutenberg Bible) helped
spread ideas quickly and to
the masses
Northern Renaissance Writers
Erasmus - The Praise of Folly (1511)
Sir Thomas More - Utopia (1516)
Northern Renaissance writers portrayed
religious and secular subjects.