HIS109Y1 Lecture : Northern Humanism
Document Summary
how the i talian renaissance gave rise to social and economic change. how humanism crossed the alps in northern europe with different consequences. italian humanism allowed for the definition of new social groups. italian towns had continuous habitation; education was secular, needs of society based on what was necessary to govern. cities north of the alps continued to exist and fulfill needs, however were less sophisticated than italian cities and towns. fundamental differences: ideas that were developing in the i talian renaissance were sympathetic towards those in the north. secular culture not common following the collapse of the roman empire, education still based in religion, priests educated. coalesced under feudalism; culture of the north was dominated by religious ideas, frame of reference. connection btw italy and northern europe . 1494: french invasion brought on the period of i talian wars; i taly became the battlefield of europe.
