4.1.6

The Difference Between Italy & Europe

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Differences Between the Renaissance in Italy and Northern Europe

Despite sharing many core values, the Renaissance in Italy and Northern Europe were not identical.

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Timings

  • The Italian Renaissance began to spread to Northern Europe in the late 1400s.
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Architecture

  • The ‘gothic’ style, which dominated the Middle Ages, continued to influence Northern Europe but not Italy.
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Types of artwork

  • Woodcuts were much more popular in Northern Europe but frescos were more popular in Italy.
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Religion

The Renaissance in Italy was more ‘secular’ (not religious) than that in Northern Europe.

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1The Medieval World: 450-1450 AD

1.1Anglo-Saxon England

1.2The Contest for the English Throne

1.3Conquering the Holy Land, 10-96-1396 AD

1.4King John

1.5The Magna Carta & Parliament

1.6The Black Death

2Worldviews

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4The Renaissance & Reformations, 1500-1598 AD

5The British Empire, 1583-1960 AD

6The Peasants' Revolt

7Religion in the Middle Ages

8Slavery, 1619-1833 AD

9The English Civil War, 1642-1660

10The Industrial Revolution, 1750-1840

11US Independence, 1775-1783

12The French Revolution, 1789-1815

13The British Empire, 1857–1930

14Suffrage

15World War 1, 1914-1918

16The Inter-War Years, 1919-1939

17World War 2, 1939-1945

18The Cold War, 1947-1962

19Civil Rights in the USA, 1954-1975

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