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Printed the first complete edition of the Bible using a printing press with movable type

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Johann Gutenberg

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A region that included parts of present day northern. France, Belgium and the Netherlands center of trade for Northern Europe

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Flanders

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And artist eches a design on a metal plate with acid the artist then make prints in the plates

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Engraving

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Everyday language of ordinary people

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Vernacular

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One of the most important scholars of the age

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Erasmus

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Also pressed for social reform he was an English humanist

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Thomas more

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Describes any ideal society often with the implication that such a society is ultimately impractical

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Utopian

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He wrote 37 plays that are still performed today

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Shakespeare

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What was the printing press

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Printed books not hand written

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The printing revolution transformed

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Europe

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The renaissance began in the prosperous cities of

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Flanders

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Renaissance painters focused on

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Realism in art

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