THE RENAISSANCE

Updated July 17, 2003

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Did you know? It was considered unfashionable for Venetian women, during the Renaissance to have anything but silvery-blonde hair.

GENERAL & COMPREHENSIVE SITES
NM's Creative Impulse.. Renaissance is a Fabulous Site!
   The Idea of the Renaissance 
  Backgrounds to the Italian Renaissance
Virtual Renaissance
Luminarium  
Discovery and Reformation 
Discovery and Reformation: Contents 
Renaissance, Reformation: Western Civilization 
The Early Modern / The Italian Renaissance
The Early Modern / The Italian Renaissance: Contents 
  Library and Internet Resources for Renaissance Monarchy 
  The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy
  HWC, Renaissance 
  HWC, Early Modern Europe 
  EUROPE AND THE REFORMATION, TO 1571 
  Italian Renaissance 
  Medieval and Renaissance Culture Links 
  Medieval History - Life in the Middle Ages and Renaissance 
The Renaissance! 
Renaissance Europe 
Renaissance History
Renaissance: What Inspired This Age of Balance and Order? 
Sir Clisto Seversword's Tome of Adventure and Knowledge 
    Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc.
Medieval and Renaissance Fact and Fiction
   Table of Contents (Rome Reborn: The Vatican Library & Renaissance Culture)
   Cariadoc's Miscellany on the Renaissance 
  Sir Clisto's Tome - "How To" Information 
  The Northern Renaissance 
  The Reformation in Germany
  Shakespeare and Renaissance sites: Table of Contents
EUROPEAN RENAISSANCE/REFORMATION
The Guide to the Renaissance 
Renaissance: The Elizabethan World - Related Sites 
    Le Poulet Gauche - 16th century France
  The Impact of Islam on the Renaissance 

PRIMARY DOCUMENTS, & BOOKS
Internet Modern History Sourcebook: Reformation Europe
Erasmus Text Project
Medieval & Renaissance Europe - Primary Historical Documents 
Renascence Editions: Works Printed in English, 1477-1799
The History of Printing
Selected Works of Martin Luther
The Forest of Rhetoric 
Digital Dante
  The Book of the Courtier by Baldessar Castiglione
For more on Renaissance Literature, drop by my Literature and Drama page.

TIMELINES - MAPS - GLOSSARIES
Timeline of The Renaissance  
  TIMELINE: Voyages of Exploration, 1486-1522
Timeline of the Italian Renaissance 
  Historical Maps of Europe 
  MAP: Europe during the 15th Century 
   MAP: Europe about 1560
MAP: Italian Renaissance States
MAP: Italian Renaissance Cities 
     Map of the Religious Situation in Europe, c.1560
Map of Italy during the Renaissance 
  Maps of the 100 Years' War
    The History of Printing: Maps 
Latitude: The Art and Science of Fifteenth-Century Navigation
More historical maps available on my Maps, Flags, Timelines page.

ARCHITECTURE & ART
ART HISTORY RESOURCES: 15th-Century Renaissance Art 
  ART HISTORY RESOURCES: 16th-Century Renaissance Art 
  Architecture and Public Space 
Renaissance and Baroque Architecture
  The Renaissance: Architecture 
Gothic Field Guide to Architectural Terms
THE ENCHANTED GARDENS OF THE RENAISSANCE 
Palladio's Italian Villas-Home 
   Castles on the Web - for more on Castles and Palaces, check out my Castles, Plague, Witch Trials page.
  Artists of the Italian Renaissance
  Italian Renaissance - 4Art
   15th C. Early Italian Renaissance - Overview  
  Fifteenth Century Art in Northern Europe: The Netherlands 
  15th C. High Italian Renaissance -- Overview 
  High Renaissance Art  
  16th C. Northern Renaissance - overview
  Investigating the Renaissance Web Site 
   High Renaissance and Mannerism: Italy
Renaissance Art
Renaissance Artists
World Art Treasures 
WebMuseum: La Renaissance: Germany 
  Exhibits Collection -- Renaissance 
  The Sistine Chapel Tour 
  Sistine Chapel Ceiling: Entrance
Giovanni Bellini (1430?-1516) 
Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510) 
  World Art Treasures : Sandro Botticelli
  Filippo Brunelleschi 
  The miraculous Caravaggio 
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) 
Gerard David (1460-1523) 
Albrecht Durer (1471-1528)
Lucas Cranach (1472-1553)
Matthias Grunewald (ca. 1475-1528)
Michelangelo 
Giorgione (1477-1511) 
Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio) (1483-1520) 
  ATHENA: RAPHAEL, The School of Athens; Pierre Perroud 
Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) (ca. 1488-1576)
Correggio (1489-1534)
Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543) 
Benvenuto Cellini (1500-1571)
Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti) (1518-1594) 
Pieter Bruegel (1525-1569)
Paolo Veronese (1528-1588)
El Greco (1541-1614)
  VERMEER  
Important Woman artist of the Baroque Era: Artemesia Gentileschi  
For more on Renaissance Art and Architecture, visit my Art and Galleries page.

MUSIC - LITERATURE - THEATRE - DANCE
Medieval and Renaissance Music - Early Music Resources
Renaissance Music 1450 to 1600
MUSIC OF THE MIDDLE AGES AND RENAISSANCE
Music of the Renaissance
   Renaissance & Baroque Music Society 
  Sixteenth Century Renaissance English Literature (1485-1603) 
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
   Renaissance Theatre 1450-1600
Renaissance Texts Research Centre: Shakespeare and the Globe 
VoS English Literature: Renaissance
Shakespeare and Renaissance sites: Table of Contents 
The Book of the Courtier by Baldessar Castiglione
   ISE: The Library 
   ISE: The Theater 
The History of Printing 
    The Development of Print Technology 
Four Important Periods in the History of the Book
The Rise of the University 
Renaissance Dance
For more on Renaissance music, visit my Music page.
For more on Renaissance Literature and Theatre, visit my Literature and Drama page.

RELIGION & REFORMATION
MAP: Religious Situation in Europe, c.1560
The State as a Work of Art: The Papacy
Internet Modern History Sourcebook: Reformation Europe
EUROPE AND THE REFORMATION, TO 1571
HWC, The Reformation
World Cultures Reader: European Reformation
Reformation
The Protestant Reformation
The Catholic Reformation
Age of Reformation: 16th Century Northern Europe
Martin Luther's Life
Selected Works of Martin Luther
www.luther.de
Martin Luther
Luther's 95 Theses
Luther and English Apocalypticism
THE REFORMATION AND CATHOLIC REFORMATION
The Catholic Reformation
Indulgences
Voluntary Associations
Internet Resources: European Reformation
Religious Reformation and Conflict
Luther and the Protestant Reformation
Reformation: Martin Luther
Reformation: Ulrich Zwingli
Reformation: John Calvin
Reformation: Protestant England
Reformation: The Counter (Catholic)-Reformation
Reformation: Religious Wars
Jesuits and the Sciences: 1540-1620
Jesuits and the Sciences, 1620-1659
Discovery and Reformation: Contents
Medieval, Renaissance, Reformation: Western Civilization
For more on the history of the Church, visit my Religions page.

HUMANISM
What is Humanism?
Humanism: An Introduction
Humanism
Annotated Webliography of Humanism
Humanism [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy]
Sir Francis Bacon(1561-1626)
The Essays of Francis Bacon (1601)
Sir Francis Bacon - site extolling Bacon as the true author behind Shakespeare's works.
ERASMUS 
Erasmus Text Project
Sir Thomas More (1478-1535)

THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION
What is Science?: Contents
The Scientific Revolution
Internet Modern History Sourcebook: Scientific Revolution
Renaissance Inventions and Technology
  Institute and Museum of History of Science - Florence
Copernicus, Nicolas
The Galileo Project, Homepage
TIMELINE: Galileo
Galileo Galilei's Notes on Motion 
  BBC- Renaissance / Disease and its treatment
  Jesuits and the Sciences: 1540-1620
Jesuits and the Sciences, 1620-1659
Latitude: The Art and Science of Fifteenth-Century Navigation
  The Impact of Islam on the Renaissance  
For much more on the Scientific Revolution, check out my page on the The Enlightenment.

VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY
TIMELINE: Voyages of Exploration, 1486-1522
Discovery: The Beginnings
Discovery: The Portuguese
European Voyages of Exploration: Iberian Pioneers
Discovery: The Spanish Empire
Discovery: The New World 
For much more on the voyages of discovery and famous explorers, check out my From Colonies to Revolution page.

POLITICS AND WAR
The State as a Work of Art: The Papacy
A Brief History of Patronage
Reformation: Religious Wars
  The Thirty-Years War
Machiavelli
Niccolo Machiavelli
  Rapier - Renaissance Swordsmanship
Welcome to the Mary Rose - Henry VIII's Battleship

DAILY LIFE
Life in Elizabethan England: A Compendium of Common Knowledge - Contents
School in Renaissance Times
  Life in Elizabethan England: Heirs and Inheritance 
Children and Childhood During the Renaissance
Children and Families in 16th century France
Solemnization of Matrimony -- Book of Common Prayer
Elizabethan Card Games
Feminism as it used to be
Representing Women in Renaissance England
Renaissance Women Online, overview
Women of the renaissance
The Lives of Renaissance Women - Lesson Plans
Sybils! Homepage - Women of the Renaissance
Renaissance Women
Tudor Women
Online Catasto of 1427: Taxation in Florence
Info on Clothing of the Renaissance can be found on my HISTORY OF FASHION page.
Info on Renaissance food can be found on my FOOD IN HISTORY & AROUND THE WORLD page.

SITES FOR KIDS
Castles on the Web: Castle Kids
Ghosts in the Castle - For Kids - from nationalgeographic.com
Sir Clisto's Tome - Fun Kids Sites for the Period

FOR MORE INFO, CHECK OUT:
Middle Ages
Medieval Britain 
The Tudors - for info on Henry VIII and Elizabeth I of England
The Enlightenment
Castles, Plague, Witch Trials