1. The Northern Renaissance

3. The Northern Renaissance
CONTRASTING
More “Christian” than Italian Renaissance

4. The Northern Renaissance
CONTRASTING
Advocated Social Reform based on Christian principles

5. The Northern Renaissance
COMPARING
Use of Classical Literature
Greek
Roman
Biblical

6. of the Northern Renaissance
Humanists
of the Northern Renaissance
Thomas More
Erasmus

7. Sir/St. Thomas More Henry VIII’s Chancellor Classical Scholar
Catholic Martyr
Author of Utopia

9. Revival of Plato
Plato’s Republic

10. Erasmus Dutch Humanist The Praise of Folly
Critic of Church, but still Catholic

11. Textual Criticism
Greek New Testament New Latin Translation (Based on Greek)

12. The Arnolfini Portrait is a 1434 oil painting on oak panel by the Early Netherlandish painter Jan van Eyck