Renaissance Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Germany=== {{main|German Renaissance|Weser Renaissance}} [[File:Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor.jpg|thumb|upright|''[[Portrait of Emperor Maximilian I]]'', by [[Albrecht Dürer]], 1519]] In the second half of the 15th century, the Renaissance spirit spread to [[Germany]] and the [[Low Countries]], where the development of the printing press (ca. 1450) and Renaissance artists such as [[Albrecht Dürer]] (1471–1528) predated the influence from Italy. In the early Protestant areas of the country [[Renaissance humanism in Northern Europe|humanism]] became closely linked to the turmoil of the Reformation, and the art and writing of the [[German Renaissance]] frequently reflected this dispute.<ref>{{cite journal|jstor=560776|year=1965|title=The Religious Renaissance of the German Humanists |author=Strauss, Gerald|journal=English Historical Review|volume=80|issue=314|pages=156–157|doi=10.1093/ehr/LXXX.CCCXIV.156}}</ref> However, the [[Gothic style]] and medieval scholastic philosophy remained exclusively until the turn of the 16th century. Emperor [[Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor|Maximilian I]] of [[Habsburg]] (ruling 1493–1519) was the first truly Renaissance monarch of the [[Holy Roman Empire]]. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page