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Renaissance, Reformation, The Enlightenment, & The French Revolution: Renaissance - 1300 -1600

Databases to Use

Concordian Database Passwords (Updated September 2024)
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World Geography: Understanding a Changing World This link opens in a new window
Britannica School This link opens in a new window

Renaissance Art

Italian Renaissance Art
Encyclopedia of Art
Michelangelo’s Painting of the Sistine Chapel Ceiling
ItalianRenaissance.org
Online Gallery: Illuminating the Renaissance: The Triumph of Flemish Manuscript Painting in Europe
Renaissance Art
History Channel
Renaissance Art at the Louvre
149 search results
Renaissance Art at The Met
3,345 search results

Credo Reference: History

Renaissance WebLinks

The Renaissance: How Did it Begin?
Ducksters History for Kids
The Renaissance for Kids
Mr Donn
Eyewitness to History: The Middle Ages and Renaissance
Facts About Elizabethan Times
Elizabethan Era
16th Century Renaissance English Literature (1485-1603)
Luminarium
Early Renaissance in Italy: 1400s
Khan Academy
La Renaissance
WebMuseum, Paris
The Myth of the Renaissance in Europe
BBC
Printing Press
Britannica Kids
Renaissance
Annenberg Lerner. Out of the Middle Ages; Exploration & Trade; Printing & Thinking; Symmetry, Shape, & Size; Focus on Florence
Renaissance Philosophy
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Turning the Page: The Sforza Hours
The Sforza Hours is one of the finest surviving Renaissance manuscripts

European Renaissance and Reformation, 1300–1600

European Renaissance and Reformation, 1300–1600
Lengthy, colorful, full (engagibng & interactive text book)

Videos to Watch

Some Key People

Sandro Botticelli about 1445 - 1510
National Geography
Brief History of the Astronomical Telescope I: Galileo Galilei and the unlikely fate of his middle finger…
National Geographic
Galileo Galilei
Scientific Itineraries in Tuscany
Lorenzo Ghiberti - Sculptor (1378–1455)
Biography
Johannes Gutenberg
Ducksters. Biography of inventor of the printing press
Medici, Godfathers of the Renaissance
PBS
Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio)
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Giorgio Vasari
PBS