Section 2

Question 1

Johannas Gutenberg

Answer 1

German inventor of movable type allowed for the faster production of books and made writing in the vernacular easier

Question 2

Desiderius Erasmus

Answer 2

Dutch priest and humanist who believed in living a simple and pure Christian life was all that was necessary for a Christian (Roman Catholic Church didn’t like that)

Question 3

Sir Thomas More

Answer 3

English statesman and author of the book Utopia which depicts a perfect ideal society. Utopia made people question wether a perfect society was a real possibility.

Question 4

Christine de pisan

Answer 4

French poet and author who created the city of women in which she discussed the roles of women in society she wanted equality and education for women

Question 5

Albrecht durer

Answer 5

German painter who combined Italian Renaissance techniques of realism and perspective with elements unique to northern Renaissance such as the use of oils in his paintings

Question 6

Jan van eyck

Answer 6

Flemish painter who focused on landscapes and everyday domestic life fused with religion, used every technique possible to make objects and people in his works as realistic as possible, this became the Flemish school of art

Question 7

William Shakespeare

Answer 7

English dramatist, considered of the greatest dramatists of all time he was the author of hamlet and Romeo and Juliet and a midsummers nights dreams