Northern Humanism vs. Italian Humanism

Italian Humanism arose with the fall of Rome. Italian Humanists dealt mainly with the classics from first century BC to first century AD. As Italian Humanism spread northward it began to change. This was mainly due to big differences in the cultures. When Northern Humanism arose they focused on all the classics. Italian Humanists didn't feel that Christian writers should be counted among the classics, and Northern Humanists mainly focused on Christian writers. After seeing the way that the church used to be run the Northern Humanists sought to reform it to the way it once was. The main way of doing this was improving education so everyone could read about it and hopefully think the same way.