- Black Death (13)
Learn about the Black Death, one of the most devastating pandemics in human history. Sites include history, timeline, maps, and contemporary accounts on the plague that claimed millions of lives in Europe during the 14th century.
dir.yahoo.com/.../Renaissance/Black_Death
- Borgia Family (2)
dir.yahoo.com/.../Renaissance/Borgia_Family
- Byzantines in Renaissance Italy
Overview of Greek immigration to Italy in the 15th century and the contribution of the Byzantines to the Italian Renaissance.
www.the-orb.net/encyclop/late/laterbyz/harris-ren.html
- Epact: Scientific Instruments of Medieval and Renaissance Europe
Collection of early scientific instruments from four European museums.
www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/epact
- European Voyages of Exploration
Historical overview of maritime exploration by Portugal and Spain in the 15th and 16th centuries, when they established sea routes between the world's continents. Also examines the economic, political, and cultural patterns of that era in Europe.
www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/eurvoya
- Explore the Renaissance
Journey back to a time of great discovery.
www.learner.org/exhibits/renaissance
- Medici, Catherine de (1519-1589)@
dir.yahoo.com/.../People/Medici_Family
- Medieval Synthesis and the Discovery of Man
Lecture on the meaning and significance of the historical Renaissance.
www.historyguide.org/intellect/lecture4a.html
- Plague and Public Health in Renaissance Europe
Archive of narratives, medical consilia, and religious and spiritual writings.
jefferson.village.virginia.edu/osheim
- Renaissance @ Newgrove
Basic information source aimed at school-age children.
www.esatclear.ie/~newgrove/ren
- Renaissance Festival Books
Digitized Renaissance-era books from the British Library about grand festivals and ceremonies in Europe from 1475 to 1700, such as marriages, funerals, and coronations.
www.bl.uk/treasures/festivalbooks/homepage.html
- Renaissance Magazine
Articles on the history of the Renaissance and Middle Ages for Arthurian fans, medievalists, roleplayers, and re-enactors.
www.RenaissanceMagazine.com
- Renaissance Mathematics
www.idbsu.edu/courses/hy309/projects/math.html
- Renaissance, The Elizabethan World
Resources for the study of Elizabethan England including the life, the heraldry, and the sumptuary laws of that period.
www.elizabethan.org
- Rome Reborn: The Vatican Library & Renaissance Culture
Exhibit from the Library of Congress.
lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/vatican/toc.html
- Sixteenth Century Renaissance English Literature (1485-1603)
From More to Lanyer, complete with links, essays, sources.
www.luminarium.org/renlit
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