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Renaissance history
      Titles Descriptions
  1. Art History Resources on the Web
  2. EuroDocs: Primary Historical Documents from Western Europe
  3. Footwear of the Middle Ages
  4. Medieval and Renaissance Weddings
  5. Medieval Sourcebook
  6. Renaissance
  7. Renaissance and Baroque Architecture
  8. Renaissance Forum
  9. Renaissance Secrets
  10. Silva Rhetoricae: The Forest of Rhetoric

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Art History Resources on the Web
Extensive collection of resources documenting the history of art worldwide. Features details of artwork from prehistoric, ancient, medieval, renaissance, modern, and postmodern times, and looks at techniques typically found in Greece, Rome, Asia, China, Japan, Africa, and Italy. Also offers a range of research materials such as projects, journals, and an image finder.
     Author: Witcombe, Christopher L. C. E.
     Subjects: history of art, renaissance history
     DeweyClass: 709
     Resource type: index
EuroDocs: Primary Historical Documents from Western Europe
Numerous pointers to documents and full text works for medieval and Renaissance Europe, Europe as a supernational region, and various Western European countries.
     Author: Brigham Young University
     Subjects: european history, medieval history, renaissance history
     DeweyClass: 940.21
     Resource type: document index
Footwear of the Middle Ages
An exploration of shoemaking in the Middle Ages, particularly centred on the British Isles and Western Europe. Includes development of footwear, types of leather, decoration, types of stitching, fastenings, Roman shoes, Northern European (700-1000 AD), Middle Ages (c1200-1450) and Renaissance and Tudor Era (1450-1550 AD).
     Author: Carlson, I. Marc
     Subjects: clothing, renaissance history
     DeweyClass: 391
     Resource type: documents, images
Medieval and Renaissance Weddings
Information about weddings during medieval and Renaissance times. Includes traditions, ceremonies, handfastings, attire, flowers, headpieces, the feast, bibliographies and Viking traditions.
     Author: Thomas, Kirsti S.
     Subjects: customs, medieval history, renaissance history
     DeweyClass: 392
     Resource type: bibliography, documents
Medieval Sourcebook
A compendium of extracts and full text documents in medieval history. Subjects covered include the end of the Classical World, Byzantium, Islam, formation and flowering of Latin Christendom, the Late Middle Ages, the Italian Renaissance, and the Early Reformation. Selected extracts are accompanied by short explanations, which help the reader to understand their context. Also provides links to related resources, especially Byzantine resources.
     Author: Halsall, Paul
     Subjects: islam, medieval history, renaissance history
     DeweyClass: 909.1
     Resource type: bibliography, documents, index
Renaissance
A variety of resources relating to the study and research of Tudor England. Topics include heraldry, maps, costume, music, and literature, including much material dedicated to the works of Shakespeare. Transcriptions of the trials of the Earls of Sussex and Southampton for treason in 1601 are also available.
     Author: Marmor, Paula Kate
     Subjects: english literature to 1800, renaissance history
     DeweyClass: 942.05
     Resource type: documents, images
Renaissance and Baroque Architecture
Collection of several hundred digital images, mainly covering architecture in Italy in the 15th-17th century, with some images from France and England.
     Author: University of Virginia Digital Image Center
     Subjects: architectural research, historical geography, italian history, renaissance history
     DeweyClass: 720
     Resource type: image collection
Renaissance Forum
Electronic journal of early-modern literary and historical studies. Also provides links to sites relevant to renaissance studies, including cultural, historical, textual and general resources
     Author: Renaissance Forum
     Subjects: medieval history, renaissance history
     DeweyClass: 940.21
     Resource type: journal
Renaissance Secrets
Developed as part of a partnership between the Open University and the BBC, Renaissance Secrets addresses four different historical questions pertaining to aspects of the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance. The four topics include an analysis of Venice during the Renaissance, medical care and hospitals during the Italian Renaissance, the conspiracy to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I, and the inventions of Johannes Gutenberg. Also offers useful material on the practice of historical research, historical writing and the interpretation of historical sources.
     Author: BBC and The Open University
     Subjects: history education, renaissance history
     DeweyClass: 940.2
     Resource type: documents
Silva Rhetoricae: The Forest of Rhetoric
A guide to the terms of classical and renaissance rhetoric. Topics include persuasive appeals (logos, pathos, ethos), branches of oratory (judicial, eliberative, epideictic), canons of rhetoric, figures of speech and rhetorical pedagogy. It also shows relationships and groupings of terms within and across the various levels of the rhetorical curriculum.
     Author: Burton, Gideon
     Subjects: renaissance history, rhetoric
     DeweyClass: 808.5
     Resource type: guide