Western Civilization I / Unit 14 WC1 1302 short lesson, about 20 seconds
How the Renaissance Went North: Bureaucrats and Painters
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The idea
Humanist education spread because royal governments wanted bureaucrats trained in classics, letters and commercial mathematics, and because the Church added humanism to scholastic training. Artists studied in Italy and returned; Low Countries painters formed a Northern Renaissance by mid-century.
In practice
Erasmus and Luther both humanist-trained.
Where people slip
The anchor calls humanistic education the greatest achievement. Attribute.
Your place on the trail
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