Renaissance & Reformation: A Webliography
The Italian Renaissance
http://www.history.com/topics/italian-renaissance
Early Italian Renaissance - Art
http://www.italian-renaissance-art.com/Italian-renaissance.html
High Italian Renaissance - Art
http://www.italian-renaissance-art.com/High-Renaissance.html
These 2 sites explore the beginning and flourishing of the art that made the Italian Renaissance
famous.
Daily Renaissance Life
http://www.ducksters.com/history/renaissance/daily_life_in_the_renaissance.php
What was daily life like during the Renaissance? Learn what people ate, wore and did in the past.
Elizabethan Era
http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/
Scroll down and click on links to the right to discover more about religious beliefs, occupations,
fashion, war and even Elizabethan insults!
The Renaissance: The Dawn of a New Age
http://www.mrdowling.com/704renaissance.html
Check out all the links in the right side bar, to learn more specifics about this time period.
Renaissance: What Inspired This Age of Balance and Order?
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/renaissance/
Explore the Renaissance and discover the forces that drove this rebirth in Europe, and Italy in
particular.
Rome Reborn: The Vatican Library & Renaissance Culture
http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/vatican/toc.html
Extensive scholarly information about the Renaissance, based on material from the Vatican
Library. The site was produced by the Library of Congress and includes many scanned
images of documents.
Tudor History
http://tudorhistory.org/
Life in Tudor England, architecture, dates in Tudor history, foods, historical figures, maps,
Tudors in the movies, and more.
The Reformation
http://history-world.org/reformation.htm
This page gives an overview of how religious belief changed in western Europe. Note to the
right, there are links for further information about Martin Luther, the Counter Reformation and
Calvinism.
The Protestant Reformation
http://www.theopedia.com/Protestant_Reformation
What did Protestants believe that was different than Catholics? Who were some of the people
involved in the Protestant revolution?
PEOPLE
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci
http://www.mos.org/leonardo/
Discover the inventor, the scientist, and the artist here.
Michelangelo
Michelangelo
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/michelangelo.shtml
A short biography from the BBC
Michelangelo Buonoratti
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03059b.htm
A more lengthy biography from the Catholic Encyclopedia
Queen Elizabeth I
Elizabeth I
http://www.royal.gov.uk./HistoryoftheMonarchy/KingsandQueensofEngland/TheTudors/Elizabe
thI.aspx
This biography is from the official British monarchy website and includes a speech given by
Elizabeth I.
Queen Elizabeth I
http://englishhistory.net/tudor/monarchs/eliz1.html
An extensive biography which includes links to images and poems, letters and speeches by the
queen.
Isaac Newton
Sir Isaac Newton
http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Newton.html
A lengthy biography of Sir Issac Newton along with links to a poster and to some of his famous
quotations
Galileo
The Galileo Project
http://galileo.rice.edu/
Learn about Galileo's life and his scientific and philosophical theories. Includes information
about his home, maps, and a timeline.
Galileo Galelei
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Galileo.html
A lengthy biography of Galileo along with links to a poster and to some of his famous quotations
Shakespeare
Shakespeare
http://www.shmoop.com/william-shakespeare/
Check out Shakespeare’s timeline here, or click on his resume to read through his life
achievements.
Shakespeare Resource Center
http://www.bardweb.net/man.html
Learn more about Shakespeare’s life, his will, mysteries surrounding his authorship, and what is
known and unknown about his life.
Martin Luther
A Mighty Fortress is Our God: Martin Luther
http://www.luther.de/e/
Extensive website about Martin Luther including a timeline, the legends, the important people in
his life, and more.
Martin Luther: The Reluctant Revolutionary
http://www.pbs.org/empires/martinluther/index.html
Created to accompany a PBS program, this site has a biography of Martin Luther, information
about other important people from his era, and an interactive feature about the life of a monk.
Johannes Gutenberg
Biography Online – Johannes Gutenberg
https://www.biographyonline.net/business/j-gutenberg.html
Info on Gutenberg’s life, inventions and printed works.
Lorenzo Medici
Medici Family
http://es.rice.edu/ES/humsoc/Galileo/People/medici.html
Biographies of each of the people in the Medici family.
Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance
http://www.pbs.org/empires/medici/index.html
“The Medici nurtured the greatest artists and thinkers of their age for the greater glory of the
family. This explosion of art and ideas, known as the Renaissance, shattered the medieval world.
The Medici changed our world. They were the Godfathers of the Renaissance.” In the section
called “The Medici,” you can read about the various members of the family, including Lorenzo
Medici.
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