WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Johann Gutenberg’s invention of movable-type printing quickened the spread of knowledge, discoveries, and literacy in Renaissance Europe. The printing revolution also contributed mightily to the Protestant Reformation that split apart the Catholic Church.

Detailed explanation-2: -What did the development of printing using movable type enabled? More people to become better educated. Why is Petrarch considered the father of Italian Renaissance humanism? He did more than any other individual and looked for manuscripts.

Detailed explanation-3: -The great intellectual movement of Renaissance Italy was humanism. The humanists believed that the Greek and Latin classics contained both all the lessons one needed to lead a moral and effective life and the best models for a powerful Latin style.

Detailed explanation-4: -Overseas trade, spurred by the Crusades, had led to the growth of large city-states in northern Italy. The region also had many sizable towns. Thus, northern Italy was urban while the rest of Europe was still mostly rural.

Detailed explanation-5: -In northern Europe, artists created their works on a smaller scale than Italian Renaissance artists, m so they tended to use detail rather than perspective to make their images look realistic.