In addition, Shona is a variant form of the English Jane in the Irish and Scottish languages. Shona is also a variant form of the English Joan in the Irish language.
The Northern Renaissance was the Renaissance that occurred in Europe north of the Alps. Before 1497, Italian Renaissance humanism had little influence outside Italy. From the late 15th century, its ideas spread around Europe.
The social and cultural similarities between the Italian and Northern European Renaissance were their artistic views in reference to religion. Most of the themes within their arts covered religion, such as the book Genesis from the bible.he difference between the arts and the cultures of the Northern European and the Italian Renaissance was, the Italian arts had scientific views such as, proportion, anatomy, and perspective during the renaissance. The Northern Europeans view was more toward how art looked.