As a matter of fact, Northern Renaissance is usually said to have started in France, under François Ier. His mother being from the house of Savoy (Lords of Piedmont), he was made familiar with Italian art since a very early age. François Ier grew up to be an important patron of the arts and famously became a close friend of Leonardo da vinci, whom he called "my father".
Moreover, skirmishes and commercial relations between France and Italy encouraged, respectively, the movement of troops and goods, which reinforced the Renaissance trend.
== The Southern Renaissance, or Italian Renaissance, began in Florence, in the northern part if Italy. The Northern Renaissance began somewhere in Northern parts like Germany.
The Renaissance did not begin in Germany. It began in Italy.
Early 1400's.
The Renaissance began in Northern Southern London in the late 1500
1499 ::)
Balls
No, he was an artist of the Italian High Renaissance.
Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands
Germany, France, Holland, and England
It began around 1400 and ended around 1600.
The Renaissance first began in Italy. Italy is one of the Europeans countries. Renaissance began in Northern Italy and spread from there to other places.
Northern Italy controlled trade from east to west. Northern Italy had commercial success. Several cities had easy access to the sea.