Renaissance History

1492: An Ongoing voyage: http://www.ibiblio.org/expo/1492.exhibit/Intro.html

British History:  http://www.great-britain.co.uk/history/history.htm

Christopher Columbus and the Spanish Empire: 
http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/eurvoya/columbus.html

The Civilization of Renaissance in Italy
Outline and history of the Renaissance in Italy. Each section is chronological and has chapter headings to the detailed information about this specific time and place within history. Brings in both literary sources and historical documents for concrete and definitive sources.

Clothing:  http://www.lepg.org/clothing.htm

Copernicus: 
http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Copernicus.html

Decameron Web: http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Italian_Studies/dweb/

Discovery and Exploration: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/dsxphome.html

Donatello:  http://www.kfki.hu/~arthp/bio/d/donatell/biograph.html

Duke of Mantua, Vincenzo Gonzaga (1562-1612): http://es.rice.edu/ES/humsoc/Galileo/People/duke_mantua.html

The Edmund Spenser Home Page: http://www.english.cam.ac.uk/spenser/main.htm

Elizabeth (1533-1603):  http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/eliza.htm

Elizabeth I Queen of England: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/aboutElizabeth.htm

European Royal Houses: Royalty: Genealogy of the Princes Gonzaga:http://www.chivalricorders.org/royalty/gotha/gonzaga.htm

The European Voyages of Exploration: The Fifteenth and 
Sixteenth Centuries: 
http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/eurvoya/

Folger Shakespeare Library(Select "Discover Shakespeare" for biography): http://www.folger.edu/

Fontainebleau:  
http://www.castles.org/castles/Europe/Western_Europe/France/
france20.htm

Francescio Petrarch & Laura de Noves:  
http://petrarch.petersadlon.com/

Geoffrey Chaucer.org: An Annotated Guide to Onine Resources: http://geoffreychaucer.org/

A Guide to Medieval and Renaissance Instruments:  
http://www.music.iastate.edu/antiqua/instrumt.html

The Hall of Church History:The Reformers:  
http://www.gty.org/~phil/rformers.htm

Henry VIII:  http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/tudor.htm

The Hispanic and Portuguese World: Encounters in America: http://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/guide/encameri.html

History of Florence: Florence's Foundations:  
http://www.aboutflorence.com/history-of-Florence.html

History of Medieval and Renaissance Europe: Primary Documents
"These links connect to Western European primary historical documents that are transcribed, reproduced in facsimile, or translated. They shed light on key historical happenings within the respective countries and within the broadest sense of political, economic, social and cultural history. The order of documents is chronological wherever possible." Also sections on Medieval and Renaissance Europe; and Europe as a supranational region. Maintained by librarian Richard Hacken.

The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Renaissance:  http://www.iep.utm.edu/r/renaiss.htm

Introducing Venice: History of Venice: 
http://europeforvisitors.com/venice/planner/blp_venice_intro.htm

 Latitude:  http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~feegi/

Marco Polo and his Travels:  
http://www.silk-road.com/artl/marcopolo.shtml

Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance
Companion to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) series that features the "real human stories behind the European Renaissance, and the family that bankrolled it." Includes an interactive tour of Florence, Italy, a family tree and profiles of the Medici family.

The Medici:  http://www.mega.it/eng/egui/epo/medici.htm

Medieval & Renaissance Europe: Primary Historical Documents: http://eudocs.lib.byu.edu/index.php/Main_Page

Nicolo Machiavelli:  http://www.ctbw.com/lubman.htm

Passing Through Saint Peter's: 
http://www.ewtn.com/gallery/sp/ sp1.htm

Plague and Public Health in Renaissance Europe:  
http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/osheim/intro.html

Renaissance:  http://www.learner.org/exhibits/renaissance/

Renaissance: Exploration and Trade:  
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/renaissance/exploration_sub.html

Renaissance Weddings
http://celyn.drizzlehosting.com/mrwp/mrwp.html

Renaissance: The Elizabethian World
A meta site of resources related to Elizabethan England. Includes A Compendium of Common Knowledge (1558-1603), a book about Elizabeth culture and life for Writers, Actors, and Re-enactors; Elizabethan Heraldry; and a Transcript of the Trial of the Earl of Essex (1601). Also has links to other Renaissance sites.

Renaissance Secrets
This website explores four mysteries from a historian's point of view: one concerning Venice, one about medical patients in Renaissance Italy, one about a conspiracy to poison Queen Elizabeth I, and one about Gutenberg, the German inventor of the printing press. Although built to support a BBC television series, this site can be used independently.

St. Peter's of Rome: 
http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/St_Peters_of_Rome.html

Selected Works of Martin Luther: 1483-1546: http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/text/wittenberg/
wittenberg-luther.html

A Selection of Renaissance Music:  
http://www.medieval.org/emfaq/beginlst/renaiss.htm

Spain: A Country Study: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/estoc.html

Spanish Exploration and Conquest of Native America: http://www.floridahistory.com/

The Stuarts:  http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page74.asp

Tudor History:  http://tudorhistory.org/

WebMuseum, Paris: Giotto di Bondone: 
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/giotto/

WebMuseum, Paris: Angelico, Fra: http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/angelico/

WebMuseum, Paris: Botticilli, Sandro: http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/botticelli/

WebMuseum, Paris: Eyck, Jan van: http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/eyck/

WebMuseum, Paris: Michelangelo: 
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/michelangelo/

WebMuseum, Paris: Rembrandt:http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/rembrandt/

WebMuseum, Paris: La Renaissance: 
http://www.navigo.com/wm/paint/glo/renaissance

WebMuseum, Paris: Titan:  http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/
titia