Luminarium
Luminarium: 16th Century Renaissance English Literature (1485 1603)
Luminarium offers a student resource for learning about the authors of the English Renaissance period. Contains links to over 25 different authors from the period which contain their biographies, bibliographies, and text to some of their...
Steven Kreis, PhD
The History Guide: The 12th Century Renaissance
A discussion centering on the educational opportunities during the 12th Century. This is a good background for the changes which came about in the early Renaissance period.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: Guide to Black History: Harlem Renaissance
Extensive information about the Harlem Renaissance, a period of time considered to be the cultural awakening of African Americans. Included are sections on poetry, fiction, and drama, as well as the legacy of this movement.
Luminarium
Luminarium: Essays and Research on the Renaissance
Use this comprehensive site to learn more about English Renaissance Literature. This site is a gold mine of information. It has several essays that illuminate this genre. Find out more about this period in literature through this...
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Web Museum: La Renaissance
This site from ibiblio.com explains the Renaissance, not only as a time period, but as how it changed thought, writing, and art throughout Europe. See links to Renaissance in Italy, Germany and Netherlands.
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Renaissance Philosophy
Can you define the "Renaissance?" Check out this informative website to learn more. From the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, a definition and background of the Renaissance from its beginnings in the 14th and 15th centuries.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Web Museum: La Renaissance
Discusses all aspects of European Renaissance including the artists of Italian high renaissance. Links to the renaissance movement in the Netherlands, Germany and France.
Steven Kreis, PhD
The History Guide: Homer and the Greek Renaissance
Presents a clear, readable summary of ancient Greek history from the Archaic period through the Renaissance which included Homer's epic poems. Explains major historical events and cultural trends as background for those reading Homeric...
PBS
Pbs: American Novel: Literary Timeline: Literary Movements: Harlem Renaissance
History of the Harlem Renaissance, including information on prominent writers of the time period.
Steven Kreis, PhD
The History Guide: The Age of Discovery
A survey of the explorers of the Renaissance period. Includes a general look at the main explorers, with links to biographies of many of them.
Classical Net
Classical Net: Musical Periods
This site contains the most significant artistic output of the most important composers within each historical period.
Cool Fire Technology
Brain Bank: Art Movements and Periods
This website alphabetizes and briefly describes all the major movements in the history of visual arts. Good for use as a general reference for Art History studies and the study of historically based painting and art.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Baroque Music
A Wikipedia article on Baroque music distinguishes it from the Renaissance and Classical styles, discusses the different musical genres the Baroque composers wrote in, lists the important features of Baroque music, and provides a list of...
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: Elizabethan Criticism
A discussion of Thomas Campion's literary criticism from the Elizabethan period. From the Cambridge History of English and American Literature.
Other
An Introduction to Early Modern European History
An excellent introduction to and overview of the Renaissance and Reformation in Europe. This article touches on all aspects of the period.
University of Pennsylvania
Penn Library: Books of Hours
This website contains information about the Book of Hours: a private prayer book, liturgies or calendar. "In Books of Hours are preserved some of the finest works of medieval art." Seven Book of Hours with descriptions are shown. Though...
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Robert Lehman Collection
View fifty selected pieces from the Robert Lehman Collection of European art, which features paintings, drawings, and works of decorative art from the Italian and Northern Renaissance up through the twentieth century. An excellent survey...
Duke University
Shuffle Along Orchestra
This section focuses on the people created the hit musical, "Shuffle Along," which helped to spur the Harlem Renaissance. Other information on the site about the importance of other black theater during the period.
Steven Kreis, PhD
The History Guide: The Scientific Revolution, 1642 1730
Get a historical look at the scientific revolution with this webpage. See the changes in society that occurred as a result of the new way of thinking brought about by this revolution. Also, learn about Isaac Newton who is described to...
British Library
British Library: Language & Literature: Books for Cooks: 1500s Food
View a series of extracts from sixteenth-century cookbooks written in English and learn what people ate during Tudor times. Accompanying essays explain various aspects of the English diet of the period, including the foods eaten when...
Other
Wittenberg University: Major Figures of the Harlem Renaissance
Brief overview, followed by biographical sketches of people making this time memorable.
Luminarium
Luminarium: Works of Elizabeth I (1533 1603)
A clickable list of full texts by Queen Elizabeth I that includes poems, speeches, verse translations, and letters.
Birmingham Museums Trust (UK)
Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery: Changing Times: The Tudors
Learn all about the Tudor period with this reference page! Understand the clothing, homes, religion, transportation, and much more that existed between 1485 and 1603 in England and Wales.
Stephen Byrne
History for Kids: Dante Alighieri
History of the life and work of intellect, Dante Alighieri, a famous poet who wrote in Italian vernacular and made poetry accessible to more than just the elite classes during the late Medieval period. Includes links to resources for...