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Sp Times: Russian Church Overview
This SPTimes site discusses the history of the development of the Russian Church from around 900 A.D. to the 16th and 17th centuries.
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Leen Helmink Antique Maps: Finest Early Maps & Prints
Vintage maps showing what maps looked like before photography and computers. User has the ability to search for maps of all of the continents.
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...
British Library
British Library: Shakespeare in Quarto
The very first printed versions of Shakespeare's works are available here at the British Library for looking at, comparing and examining. Also includes valuable links about Shakespeare's plays as they have been performed through the years.
Classical Net
Classical Net: Renaissance Repertoire: Renaissance Composers
Those well-versed in music will find this site helpful, as it offers biographical information on a number of Renaissance composers, along with pictures and information on compositions.
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.
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Wikipedia: Allemande
Wikipedia offers a definition of allemande, a type of dance popular in Baroque music. Includes hyperlinked terms.
University of Calgary
University of Calgary: European Maritime Superiority
Read this site from the University of Calgary to learn why the Europeans dominated maritime trade and war during the 1500s. Make sure to use the arrow bottom at the button to read more.
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Elizabethi.org: Life and Times of Queen Elizabeth I
This Queen Elizabeth I of England site features many resources, both text and illustrations, about the life and times of the Tudor monarch who lived from 1533-1603.
Rutgers University
Rutgers University: Literary Resources Renaissance
Delve into the British Renaissance period through this informative site. This site has tons of resources for every type of enthusiast.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Web Museum: Bronzino Agnolo
This ibiblio.org site provides information about the life and work of Italian Mannerist painter, Agnolo Bronzino (1503-1572 CE). Gives examples of his work, and two links to other artists' work.
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Ibiblio: Web Museum: Carracci
This site gives information about the life and work of three Bolognese painters: Agostino Carracci (1557-1602 CE), Annibale Carracci (1560-1609 CE), and Ludovico Carracci (1555-1619 CE). Provides links to other artists that influenced...
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Judith: Commedia Dell'arte
This page includes an abundance of information on Commedia Dell'Arte. Includes a page on these topics: bibliography, a buliten board, commedia trivia, and a place to ask questions to the author.
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Art and Architecture of the British Renaissance
This overview of the art of the English Renaissance provides information but not many images.
National Institutes of Health
National Library of Medicine: Dream Anatomy
Take a step back in time to see the human body and the field of medicine through the looking glass of history. Experience a different kind of representation of our internal anatomy, and learn about the history of human dissection.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Renaissance: Plague Begins
Describes the society of the Middle ages and the effect of the Plague on these societies of the Renaissance.
Art Cyclopedia
Artcyclopedia: Michelangelo Buonarroti
Artcyclopedia provides a biography of Michelangelo, celebrated artist of the Renaissance. The resource features links to famous works at museums around the world, articles, and other resources.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Last Supper
How much do you know about The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci? Find out by answering this four-question multiple-choice and true/false quiz. Check each answer before moving to the next question. Hints are available for each question.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Grunewald, Isenheim Altarpiece
How much do you know about the Isenheim Altarpiece? Find out by answering this four-question multiple-choice and true/false quiz. Check each answer before moving to the next question. Hints are available for each question.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
How much do you know about the Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel by Michelangelo? Find out by answering this four-question multiple-choice and true/false quiz. Check each answer before moving to the next question. Hints are available for...
Rice University
Galileo Project: The Tuscan Region
This site from Rice University of The Galileo Project provides a map (16th-Century) of the Tuscan region. The region was under the control of Florence. The map is more of a terrain map but interesting nonetheless.
Mex Connect
Mexconnect: Mexico's Colonial Era
The situation in Mexico in the 16th century, after the conquest. This brief site discusses Hernan Cortes, and the territorial expansion that characterized this time in Mexico's history.
Luminarium
Luminarium: Elizabethan Playhouses
Author provides a comprehensive description of theaters and public playhouses popular in England in the 16th century. Hyperlinks are provided for the Rose, the Fortune, the Swan, and The Second Blackfriars Playhouse designed by James...
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