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Renaissance humanism arrived in Germany and Northern Europe around 1490 and lasted until approximately 1520. The movement persisted in the Netherlands until roughly 1550 before being absorbed by the Reformation.
Northern scholars prioritized religious progress over classical mythology and studied Greek and Hebrew to reach Christian fountains rather than ancient pagan texts. They placed biblical texts above any human or institutional authority instead of ministering to a cult of antiquity.
Old German universities included Vienna opened in 1365, Heidelberg in 1386, Cologne in 1388, Erfurt in 1392, Würzburg in 1402, Leipzig in 1409, and Rostock in 1419. New institutions emerged rapidly with Greifswald and Freiburg opening in 1457, Basel in 1459, Ingolstadt in 1472, Tübingen and Mainz in 1477, and Wittenberg in 1502.
Rudolph Agricola born Roelef Huisman near Groningen lived from 1443 until his death in 1485 after earning the highest reputation as scholar. He prepared the first German biography of Petrarch doing for Germany what Petrarch did for Italy and studied God and true faith from Scripture books.
Popular education advanced far more in Germany than elsewhere with Brothers of the Common Life operating schools at Zwolle, Deventer, 's-Hertogenbosch, and Liège in the Low Countries. Sélestat in Alsace became a classical center where Thomas Platter found Hans Sapidus teaching while Nuremberg housed four Latin schools.