Welcome to the 47th part of our open series of "What do you know about... X?"! You can find an overview of the series here

Today's topic:

The Northern Renaissance

The Italian Renaissance shook up the culture and society of Italy starting from the 14th century, but the influence of the movement only slowly diffused northwards. However, from the start of the 15th century, the influence of the Italian Renaissance spawned a similar cultural explosion north of the Alps in places including The Low Countries, France, and Germany, and England in what has been collectively called the Northern Renaissance. Driven by humanist writers such as Erasmus, to painters such as Jan van Eyck and Albrecht Dürer, as well as a host of renowned architects, composers, and other artists, the Northern Renaissance transformed a broad swatch of Europe.

So... what do you know about the Northern Renaissance?