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AP European History›Unit 1: Renaissance and Exploration›Renaissance and Exploration

The Northern Renaissance and the Printing Press

Humanism spread north with the printing press, focusing on religious reform and everyday life.

Erasmus
Gutenberg's press
Northern art

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1Renaissance and Exploration

The Italian Renaissance and Humanism
The Northern Renaissance and the Printing Press
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The Age of Exploration
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Also called: northern renaissance, printing press