Social Studies : The Renaissance/Reformation

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Renaissance Art Historical Overview

Guide to the Renaissance

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Medieval History

Renaissance

Learner.org: Renaissance

Wikipedia: Renaissance

Investigating the Renaissance

The Dawn of a New Age

Middle/Ages/Renaissance Homepage

The Renaissance

Innovative Engineers of Renaissance

A Journey through the Renaissance

Science Timetable

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Mosaic: sources

Reformation Timeline

Medieval Sourcebook: Reformation

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Medieval History

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Defining the Middle Ages

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People of the Renaissance |

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Artists/Painters
Artists/Architects/Sculptors
Writers

Artists / Painters

Rembrandt

Michelangelo

Giotto

Leonardo da Vinci

Masaccio

Jan & Hubert

Van Eyck-Flemish

Pieter Brueghel

Raphael

Durer

Rembrandt

http://sunsite.dk/cgfa/rembrand/rembrandt_bio.htm

Rembrandt's Manner: Technique in the Service of Illusion

http://familycrafts.about.com/sitesearch.htm?terms=rembrandt&SUName=familycrafts&TopNode=3042&type=1

http://www.theartgallery.com.au/ArtEducation/greatartists/Rembrandt/about/

http://www.mcs.csuhayward.edu/~malek/Rembran.html

Rembrandt's Gallery of Work

http://www.kfki.hu/~arthp/bio/r/rembran/biograph.html

http://www.yahooligans.com/Arts_and_Entertainment/Art/Artists/Rembrandt_van_Rijn/

http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html (People-under 1600s-find name & click)

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Michelangelo

http://www.mega.it/eng/egui/pers/micbuon.htm

http://www.kfki.hu/~arthp/bio/m/michelan/biograph.html

http://www.kfki.hu/~arthp/html/m/michelan/index.html

Michelangelo

Michelangelo Biography

http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/96mar/michelangelo.html

http://www.yahooligans.com/Arts_and_Entertainment/Art/Artists/Buonarroti__Michelangelo/

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Giotto

http://www.kfki.hu/~arthp/bio/g/giotto/biograph.html

http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/giotto/

Giotto History

Giotto (Ambrogio Bondone)

The Art of Giotto

Giotto

http://www.abcgallery.com/G/giotto/giottobio.html

http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html (People-under 1300s find name&click)

http://www.yahooligans.com/Arts_and_Entertainment/Art/Artists/Giotto_di_Bondone/

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Leonardo da Vinci

http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/96apr/leonardo.html

Carmen Sandiego's Great Chase Through Time: daVinci and the Renaissance, 1505

http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/leonardo_da_vinci.html

http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/vinci/

Leonardo

Welcome to Exploring Leonardo

Leonardo da Vinci's Horse

http://www.yahooligans.com/Arts_and_Entertainment/Art/Artists/da_Vinci__Leonardo/

Island of Freedom: Leonardo daVinci

http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html (People-under 1500s-find name &click)

http://www.mega.it/eng/egui/pers/masac.htm

http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/giotto/

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Masaccio

The Life, The Genius, The Works

http://www.abcgallery.com/M/masaccio/masaccio.html

http://gallery.euroweb.hu/bio/m/masaccio/biograph.html

Life of Masaccio

Web Gallery of Art: Masaccio

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Jan & Hubert Van Eyck-Flemish

Web Gallery of Art (Jan)

http://www.kfki.hu/~arthp/bio/e/eyck_van/jan/biograph.html

Jan Van Eyck-Flemish

Jan Van Eyck- Olga's Gallery and Biography

Jan Van Eyck on the Internet

FineArtHistory.com (Jan)

http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/eyck/ (Jan)

http://sunsite.dk/cgfa//eyck/index.html (Jan)

Eyck, Jan Van Biography

http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html (People-under 1400s find Jan Van Eyck & click)

http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0818061.html (both)

Hubert & Jan VanEyck

ART "4" "2" Today (Hubert)

http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/eyck_hubert_van.html (Hubert)

http://arthistory.about.com/library/blslide_vaneyck_arnolfini.htm?terms=Hubert+Van+Eyck (portrait by both brothers)

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Pieter Brueghel

http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/bruegel/

Pieter Brueghel, The Elder

http://www.cwd.co.uk/babel/bruegel.htm

http://www.abcgallery.com/B/bruegel/bruegel.html

http://www.artchive.com/artchive/B/bruegel.html

Looking at a Painting by Pieter Brueghel

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Raphael

http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0841152.html

http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/raphael.html (art work)

http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/raphael/

Biographical Information

http://www.mcs.csuhayward.edu/~malek/Raphael.html

http://www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/gg20/gg20-main1.html

http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html (People-under 1500s-find name&click)

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Durer

http://www.boglewood.com/cornaro/xdurer.html

http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/durer/

http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Durer.html

http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/durer_albrecht.html

Who's Who in Medieval History: Albrecht Durer

http://sunsite.dk/cgfa/durer/

Durer Research Links

http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html (People-under 1500s-find name & click)

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Artists / Architects / Sculptores

Filippo Brunelleschi

Michelangelo Buonarroti

Donatello

Lorenzo Ghiberti
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Filippo Brunelleschi

http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html (People-under 1400s find name&click)

Brunelleschi: Works and Biography

Filippo Brunelleschi - Biography and Gallery of Art

Filippo Brunelleschi - Great Buildings Online

Who's Who in Medieval History

Brunelleschi's Monograph.

Life of an Artist

Various links to Brunelleschi's Life and Work

Brunelleschi Works

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Michelangelo Buonarroti

http://www.ibiblio.org/louvre/paint/auth/michelangelo/

http://www.island-of-freedom.com/MICHEL.HTM

http://www.michelangelo.com/buonarroti.html

http://www.kfki.hu/~arthp/html/m/michelan/index.html

http://www.southern.com/wm/paint/auth/michelangelo/

http://www.artchive.com/artchive/M/michelangelo.html

http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html (People-under 1500s-find name&click)

Michelangelo

http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/michelangelo_buonarroti.html (art work)

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Donatello

http://www.island-of-freedom.com/DONATELL.HTM

http://www.yahooligans.com/Arts_and_Entertainment/Art/Artists/Donatello/

http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html (People-under 1400s-find name&click)

Brief Biography

Brief Bio

ArtArchive: Donatello

MSN: Donatello

Donatello Bibliography

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Lorenzo Ghiberti

http://www.kfki.hu/~arthp/html/g/ghiberti/index.html

http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/ghiberti_lorenzo.html

http://www.yesnet.yk.ca/schools/projects/renaissance/ghiberti.html

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06544a.htm

http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/g/ghiberti.asp

Links from MSN: Encarta for Ghiberti

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Writers

Francesco Petrarca

Benvenuto Cellini

Niccolo Machiavelli

Francois Rabelais

Desiderius Erasmus

Desiderius Erasmus

Thomas More

William Shakespeare

Geoffrey Chaucer

Cervantes

Dante

Pierre Ronsard

Michel de Montaigne

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Francis Petrarch (Francesco Petrarca)

http://www.stabi.hs-bremerhaven.de/gbs2/whkmla/period/renaissance/petrarch.html

http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/p/petrarch.asp

http://www.xrefer.com/entry.jsp?xrefid=373928&secid=.-

http://www.xrefer.com/entry/252839

Who's Who in Medieval History

http://www3.sympatico.ca/liliane.caron/Petrarca/fpbiographie_english.html

Brief history of Petrarch

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Benvenuto Cellini

http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/c/cellini.asp

http://encarta.msn.com/find/Concise.asp?z=1&pg=2&ti=761577356

http://www.kfki.hu/~arthp/bio/c/cellini/biograph.html

http://www.bartleby.com/31/2090.html

http://www.xrefer.com/entry/143262

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Niccolo Machiavelli

Introduction to Machiavelli: includes Life & Principle Writings

http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/M/Machiave.asp

Niccolo Machiavelli

http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html (People-under 1500s-find name&click)

http://encarta.msn.com/find/Concise.asp?z=1&pg=2&ti=761575472

http://www.ilt.columbia.edu/projects/digitexts/machiavelli/the_prince/title.html (Click on his name and get brief bio: The Prince)

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Francois Rabelais

Introduction to Rabelais : includes his work, early and late life

http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/R/Rabelais.asp

http://www.pantagruelion.com/p/rabelais.html

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12619b.htm

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Desiderius Erasmus

http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/e/erasmus.asp

http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html (People-under 1500s-find name&click)

http://encarta.msn.com/find/Concise.asp?z=1&pg=2&ti=761574599

Life of Erasmus

The History Guide: Desiderius Erasmus

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Thomas More

Sir Thomas More Website

Luminarium: Sir Thomas More

Sir Thomas More Website: Description of Thomas More by Erasmus (Erasmus describes More)

Simply Sharing: Thomas More,The Man for all Seasons

Catholic Encyclopeida: St. Thomas More

Beyond Books: Sir Thomas More Links

Columbia Encyclopedia: Sir Thomas More

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William Shakespeare

http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/

http://encarta.msn.com/find/Concise.asp?z=1&pg=2&ti=761562101

Biography and Works: Shakespeare

Everything Shakespeare: History

All Shakespeare

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

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Geoffrey Chaucer

http://encarta.msn.com/find/Concise.asp?z=1&pg=2&ti=761562849

http://www.luminarium.org/medlit/chaucer.htm

Britain Express: Chaucer

http://www.siue.edu/CHAUCER/

Chaucer

The Classic Text: Geoffrey Chaucer

Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400. The Canterbury tales

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Cervantes

Cervantes Intro, Life, Works

http://encarta.msn.com/find/Concise.asp?z=1&pg=2&ti=761563857

http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/section/cervante_life.asp

http://milton.mse.jhu.edu:8006/

http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html (People-under 1600-find name&click)

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Dante

http://www.nd.edu/~italnet/Dante/index.html

Dante: Intro, Life, and Works

http://65.107.211.206/dgr/dgrov.html

http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/dante.htm

The Classic Text

A Brief History on Dante

http://encarta.msn.com/find/Concise.asp?z=1&pg=2&ti=761564824

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Pierre Ronsard

http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/r/ronsard.asp

http://www.lepg.org/ronsard.htm

http://www.samford.edu/schools/artsci/history/uccp101/aRonsard.html

http://www.ralphmag.org/yeatsH.html (one of his sonnets)

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13180b.htm

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Michel de Montaigne

http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/m/montaign.asp

http://encarta.msn.com/find/Concise.asp?z=1&pg=2&ti=761575672&cid=4#p4

http://www.orst.edu/instruct/phl302/philosophers/montaigne.html

http://www.orst.edu/instruct/phl302/texts/montaigne/m-essays_contents.html

Biography

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People of the Reformation

Pope Leo X

Pope Clement VIII

John Calvin

Pope Paul III

Martin Luther

John Wycliff

Huldrych Zwingli

Ignatius Loyola

Johann Tetzel

John (Jan) Hus

Henry VII

Henry VIII

Catherine of Aragon

Anne Boelyn

Jane Seymour

Anne of Cleves

Catherine Howard

Catherine Parr

Mary I

Edward VI

Lady Jane Grey

Elizabeth I

Mary Queen of Scotts

Francis I

Charles I

Charles V

Phillip II

Pope Leo X

PBS.Org: Martin Luther: The Characters: Pope Leo X

Info Please: Pope Leo X

Sparacus.Net: Leo X

Pope Paul III

http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Paul_III

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11579a.htm

http://www.creativequotations.com/one/1502.htm

http://www.abcgallery.com/T/titian/titian49.html

Pope Clement VIII

http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/C/Clement8.asp

http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Pope-Clement-VIII

http://www.getty.edu/art/collections/objects/o1435.html

http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Clement_VIII

http://atheism.about.com/library/glossary/western/bldef_clementviii.htm

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Martin Luther

Spartacus.Net: Martin Luther

Michigan State University: Martin Luther

Biography.Com: Martin Luther

Washington State University: Discovery and Reformation: Martin Luther

John Calvin

Michigan State University: John Calvin

Washington State University: Discovery and Reformation: John Calvin

Highlands Ranch History: Calvanism: John Calvin

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John Wycliff

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/NORwycliffe.htm

http://www.wycliffe.org/history/JWycliff.htm

http://www.epc.org.au/literature/bb/wycliffe.html

Huldrych Zwingli

http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huldrych_Zwingli

http://www.hfac.uh.edu/gbrown/philosophers/leibniz/BritannicaPages/Zwingli/Zwingli.html

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Ignatius Loyola

About.Com: Ignatius Loyola

Medeival Church.Org: Ignatius Loyola

Eternal World Television Network: Saint Ignatius of Loyola

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Johann Tetzel

Wikipedia: Johann Tetzel

NationMaster.Com: Encyclopedia: Johann Tetzel

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America: Johann Tetzel

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John (Jan) Hus

About.Com: Agnosticism/Atheism: John Hus

Christian History Institute: The Tragic Trial and Death of Jan Hus

Biographical Sketches: John Hus, Priest and Martyr

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Henry VII

http://www.britannia.com/history/monarchs/mon40.html

http://tudorhistory.org/henry7/

http://www.schoolshistory.org.uk/henryvii.htm

http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0823371.html

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Henry VIII

Spartacus.Net: Henry VIII

Brims Websites: The Tudors: Henry VIII

Britannia.Com: Henry VIII

Quarr Abbey Heritage: Henry VIII

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Catherine of Aragon

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/TUDaragon.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/catherine_of_aragon.shtml

http://tudorhistory.org/aragon/

http://www.who2.com/catherineofaragon.html

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Anne Boelyn

Six Wives of Henry the VIII: Anne Boleyn

Tudor History.Org: Anney Boleyn The Most Happy

Britannia.Com: Anne Boleyn

Spartacus.Net: Anne Boleyn

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Jane Seymour

http://www.kfki.hu/~arthp/html/h/holbein/hans_y/1535h/02seymou.html

http://www.englishhistory.net/tudor/monarchs/seymour.html

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/TUDseymourJ.htm

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Anne of Cleves

http://www.englishhistory.net/tudor/monarchs/cleves.html

http://womenshistory.about.com/library/bio/blbioanneofcleves.htm

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/TUDcleves.htm

http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_of_Cleves

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Catherine Howard

http://www.englishhistory.net/tudor/monarchs/howard.html

http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Howard

http://gen.culpepper.com/historical/howard/default.htm

http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/aboutCatherineHoward.htm

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Catherine Parr

http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Parr

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/catherine_parr.htm

http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/aboutCatherineParr.htm

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Mary I

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/mary_i_queen.shtml

http://www.britannia.com/history/monarchs/mon44.html

http://www.englishhistory.net/tudor/monarchs/mary1.html

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Edward VI

http://tudorhistory.org/edward/

http://www.britannia.com/history/monarchs/mon42.html

http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page43.asp

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/edward_vi_king.shtml

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Lady Jane Grey

http://tudorhistory.org/jane/

http://www.englishhistory.net/tudor/relative/janegrey.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/grey_lady_jane.shtml

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/TUDgreyL.htm

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Elizabeth I

http://tudorhistory.org/elizabeth/

http://www.britannia.com/history/monarchs/mon45.html

http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page46.asp

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Mary Queen of Scotts

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/timelines/scotland/mary_qscots.shtml

http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page134.asp

http://www.1upinfo.com/encyclopedia/M/MaryQuee.html

http://www.royal-stuarts.org/mary_1.htm

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Francis I

http://historymedren.about.com/library/who/blwwfrancis1.htm

http://www.1upinfo.com/encyclopedia/F/Francis1Fr.html

http://www.geocities.com/michaeljohnathanmcdonald/x72/History/FrancisI.htm

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Charles I

http://www.britannia.com/history/monarchs/mon47.html

http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page76.asp

http://www3.baylor.edu/BIC/WCIII/Essays/charles.1.html

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/CharlesI_execution.htm

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Charles V

http://www.1upinfo.com/encyclopedia/C/Charles5HRE.html

http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Charles-V,-Holy-Roman-Emperor

http://europeanhistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa091401a.htm

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Phillip II

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/timelines/britain/tud_mary_philip.shtml

http://library.byu.edu/~rdh/phil2/

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/Phillip.htm

http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_II_of_France

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