Global 14.2 The Renaissance in the North

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 * The cultural rebirth of northern Europe was delayed nearly 100 years due to a slower recovery from the black plague.
 * The northern Renaissance began in the city of Flanders, in modern-day France and Belgium.
 * Albrecht Durer, a German artist, traveled to Italy to study the works the Italian Renaissance masters. He returned home and started to spread the ideas of the Italitan Renaissance in his homeland. He is sometimes known as the "German Leonardo" thanks to his wide range of interests.
 * Pirter Brugel was the leading Flemish artist