How did the Northern Renaissance contribute to the political developments begun by the Italian Renaissance?

The Italian Renaissance encouraged humanism and a greater focus on individual achievement, which influenced political ideas about people’s roles in society. The Northern Renaissance carried these ideas beyond Italy and reinforced the importance of the individual. Its critiques of religious institutions were significant, but the choice that best connects it to political developments begun in Italy is “It reinforced ideas about the importance of the individual.”

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