City University of New York
Cuny: General Characteristics of the Renaissance
A look at the rebirth of the Renaissance in the context of five interrelated issues: a renewed interest in classical antiquity and the concept of "the Great Chain of Being", political changes, Humanism, the literary doctrine of...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: World History: The Renaissance and Protestant Reformation
Comprehensive learning module on Renaissance and Reformation explores its evolution, culture, contirbutions and conflict. Complete set of multi-media course resources.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Ap European: The Renaissance
AP European History learning module on the Renaissance.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Ap European: Reformation
Learning module in AP European History on the Reformation.
Steven Kreis, PhD
The History Guide: Renaissance Portraits
A look at four representative figures of the Renaissance period. Includes biographies about Leonardo da Vinci, Niccolo Machiavelli, Sir Thomas More, and Desiderius Erasmus. Their biographies discuss their contributions to the Renaissance...
Steven Kreis, PhD
The History Guide: The New Intellectual Order: Man, Nature and Society
A survey of the different philosophers of the Renaissance period. Includes a general look at Bruno, Montaigne, Descartes, Hobbes, and Locke with links to their biographies. The lecture tries to give the readers an insight into the...
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Constitutional Rights Foundation
Constitutional Rights Foundation: Queen Elizabeth I: Religion and State [Pdf]
Article on Queen Elizabeth I and the obstacles she faced as she tried to establish an official English Protestant church. Part of a three article series on Making a Difference. Includes questions for discussion and small group activity.
Other
Acadia University: Late Renaissance & Early Baroque Music
This article compares and contrasts Late Renaissance and Early Baroque music with narrative and a side-by-side chart.
TES Global
Tes: Teaching History With 100 Objects: Corporation Mace of Stratford Upon Avon
[Free Registration/Login Required] This resource features the Corporation Mace of Stratford-upon-Avon including pictures from different angles, a description and information about its use, teaching ideas about for using these resources,...
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.
Huntington Library
Huntington Library: The Reformation
In this lesson, students examine primary source materials to investigate how ideas change and evolve over time and what impact past ideas have on people's perceptions of the present, or how the present may be perceived at some future time.
The Newberry Library
Newberry: Shakespeare's the Tempest and Utopias of the European Renaissance
Newberry Library learning module uses primary source material of Shakespeare in a lesson on how Renaissance writers and artists portrayed European exploration of America. Students read excerpts from works of Renaissance literature to...
The Newberry Library
Newberry Library: The World of Don Quixote
Learning module using primary resources in which students explore how Cervantes' Don Quixote respond to the social conditions and literary traditions of early modern Spain.
Other
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: European Renaissance and Reformation, 1300 1600 [Pdf]
Chapter 17 of a textbook on world history (36 pages). Includes a Renaissance timeline and map. Looks at the conditions that led to the Italian Renaissance, major artists, writers, the Northern Renaissance, the Elizabethan Age, the...
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.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Renaissance
Provides a detailed look at the Renaissance movement. Content includes a focus on important Renaissance political leaders, religious figures, authors, artists, scientists, philosophers, and composers.
Then Again
Then Again: Web Chron: The Age of Reform 1300 1600.
This website provides a chronological timeline of theo-social experiments, renaissance, reformation and wars on religion from 1300-1600.
Geographypods
Geographypods: Renaissance Day: Discovering the 'Lost World'
Gain knowledge of how exploration, mapping, and voyages of the Renaissance period shaped and changed our understanding of the modern world.
British Library
British Library: Illuminating the Renaissance: Flemish Manuscripts
A selection of high-quality images from the Flemish manuscripts in the British Library along with a timeline of contemporary European events.
University of Oxford (UK)
Epact: Scientific Instruments of Medieval and Renaissance Europe
Epact is an electronic catalogue of medieval and renaissance scientific instruments from four European museums: the Museum of the History of Science, Oxford, the Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza, Florence, the British Museum,...
Tom Richey
Tom Richey: Causes of the Reformation
Recognize the causes of the reformation in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. This slideshow thoroughly features this history of Europe.
Read Works
Read Works: The Renaissance Introduction to the Renaissance
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the Renaissance. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Renaissance for Kids: Northern Renaissance
Read about how the Renaissance played out in European countries outside of Italy. Users can follow links to further information on the Elizabethan Era, William Shakespeare, the Reformation, and other connected topics.
Utah Education Network
Uen: The Reformation
Learn about the Religious Reformation in Europe that allowed for the spread of new ideas in both science and religion.