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Movable type was a "printing press" in a sense in Chinia. This was the first metal moving printer. But the Chinese writing system has thousands of different characters, so the movable type was impractical for most Chinese wrritings. But the Europeans didn't have as many characters which is why they took the idea of the movable type.
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Johann was a German craftsman. He developed a printing press that incorporated a number of technologies in a new way. The printing press made it possible to produce books faster and news out quicker.
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The population of northern Europe begins to grow again. The Black Death was what caused the population to decline. The Black Death ended in 1450, allowing the population to begin to grow again.
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Hundred Years' War between France and England ends. This war was fought because the king of England wanted control over France. In the end England lost all of their Frence land except Calais, but a formal treaty was signed between England and France in 1475 that resolved the war completely.
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Johann Gutenberg, who invented the printing press, was a very religious. His first book to be printed would be none other then the Bible. Which is why it is called the Gutenberg Bible.
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The French King, Charles VIII, had claimed the throne of Naples in southern Italy. He wanted to enforce his rule and take over the rest of Italy. So, he sent out an invasion of Nothern Italy, in hopes to take over Italy.
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Albrecht Durer was a German artist. He went to Italy to study the Renaissance and the ideas of the Renaissance. He was famous for going and studing in Italy and bringing back the ideas of the Renaissance to Germany. He then worked on many pieces of art which helped spread the Renaissace styles.
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Erasmus was a Christian humanist. His book The Praise of Folly, poked fun at greedymerchants, heartsick lovers, quarrelsome scholars, and pompous priests. He believed in a Christianity of the heart, and thought that all people should study the Bible.
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Thomas More was also a writter. He wanted to show a better model of humanity. Utopia means no place, it is the ideal place. Where greed, corruption, and war have been weeded out.
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Flemish painting was a style of painting that was greatly influenced by the Catholic Church. The artist focased the magement of light or the distubution of volumes. Most flemish painters would paint thin layers of oil paint, and other new techniques.
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Elizabeth was the daughter of King Henry VIII. King Henry wanted a son heir, but never recieved one. So, Elizabeth became Queen of England.
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William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon. He was a playwrite. And one of the masters of the English language.He is one of the favorites of filmwriters because his work was amazing.
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William Shakespeare is famous for many plays and poems. He performed many of his plays at the Globe Theater during the Renaissance. He reverded classics and drew on them for inspiration nad plots.
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Queen Elizabeth cathes a terrible cold when wlking ourside in the winter. She became very ill from this and eventually died. Her boady as she had wiched as embalmed and placed in a coffin. Her tomb is in Westminster Abby.
