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Printed the first complete edition of the Bible using a printing press with movable type
Johann Gutenberg
A region that included parts of present day northern. France, Belgium and the Netherlands center of trade for Northern Europe
Flanders
And artist eches a design on a metal plate with acid the artist then make prints in the plates
Engraving
Everyday language of ordinary people
Vernacular
One of the most important scholars of the age
Erasmus
Also pressed for social reform he was an English humanist
Thomas more
Describes any ideal society often with the implication that such a society is ultimately impractical
Utopian
He wrote 37 plays that are still performed today
Shakespeare
What was the printing press
Printed books not hand written
The printing revolution transformed
Europe
The renaissance began in the prosperous cities of
Flanders
Renaissance painters focused on
Realism in art