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Flanders - The Flemish Region of Belgium (or Flanders) is a Dutch-speaking area in the country's north, and one of 3 Belgian regions. The national capital, Brussels, considered its own region, lies near Flanders’ southern edge.
Johannes Gutenberg - Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg was a German inventor and craftsman who introduced letterpress printing to Europe with his movable-type printing press.
Erasmus - The Erasmus Programme is a European Union student exchange programme established in 1987. Erasmus+, or Erasmus Plus, is the new programme combining all the EU's current schemes for education, training, youth and sport, which was started in January 2014.
Sir Thomas More - Sir Thomas More PC, venerated in the Catholic Church as Saint Thomas More, was an English lawyer, judge, social philosopher, author, statesman, and noted Renaissance humanist.
Petrarch - Francesco Petrarca, commonly anglicized as Petrarch, was a scholar and poet of the early Italian Renaissance, and one of the earliest humanists.
Niccolo Machivelli -Italian Renaissance historian, politician, diplomat, philosopher, and humanist Niccolò Machiavelli (1469 - 1527) was called the founder of modern political science. He was also a senior official in the Florentine Republic in diplomatic and military affairs. He wrote comedies and poetry.
Utopian -A utopia typically describes an imaginary community or society that possesses highly desirable or near-perfect qualities for its members.
shakesspere -William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon".
Humanism- Humanism is a democratic and ethical life stance, which affirms that human beings have the right and responsibility to give meaning and shape to their own lives.
Humanities -Humanities are academic disciplines that study aspects of human society and culture, including certain fundamental questions asked by humans.
Florence - Florence, capital of Italy’s Tuscany region, is home to many masterpieces of Renaissance art and architecture.
perspective - a particular attitude toward or way of regarding something; a point of view.
Patron -a person chosen, named, or honored as a special guardian, protector, or supporter.
Lenardo Da Vinci - Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was an Italian polymath of the High Renaissance who was active as a painter, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, and architect.
Michelangelo - Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, known mononymously as Michelangelo, was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet of the High Renaissance.
Baldassare Castiglione - Baldassare Castiglione, Count of Casatico, was an Italian courtier, diplomat, soldier and a prominent Renaissance author.
Albrecht Durer -Albrecht Dürer, sometimes spelled in English as Durer, was a German painter, printmaker, and theorist of the German Renaissance.
Engraving -Engraving is an intaglio printmaking process in which lines are cut into a metal plate in order to hold the ink.
engraving - Engraving is an intaglio printmaking process in which lines are cut into a metal plate in order to hold the ink.