The Renaissance brought about major changes in European politics, economics, sciences, and cultures. New schools of thought, most notably Christian Humanism, techniques of painting and sculpting, systems of government, and ways to communicate forever changed the face of Europe. These changes, however, were not uniform in their influence or their style. The Southern, especially Italian, Renaissance focussed particularly on both the individual and Church, through studying old Roman Catholic doctrines and Greco-Roman classics, whereas the Northern Renaissance looked at how society and the Church could be improved economically and politically. Cultural and geographic differences were the main causes of the differences between the Southern (Italian)
