Mrs. Heilmann's Internet Guide:
Renaissance


Electronic Passport:  Renaissance
Mike Dowling is a teacher at Roosevelt Middle School in West Palm Beach, Florida.  His Electronic Passport is a journey though time and space, covering major periods of world history and complete with study sheets, homework assignments, and tests.

La Renaissance - WebMuseum, Paris
This site has a brief explanation of the history of the Renaissance, including its impact on science, philosophy, and social thought.  It also includes discussion of Renaissance art in Italy, the Netherlands, Germany, and France..

Life In Elizabethan England
This "Compendium of Common Knowledge" was written as a guide for people who play the roles of ordinary people from the 16th century at Renaissance Faires.  It is a short social history of the period, with information on such topics as games, occupations, children, names, and education.

Ohio Renaissance Faire
This event is held in Harveysburg, Ohio, from August until October each year in a permanent 30-acre sixteenth century English village.  Harveysburg is just a few miles northeast of Cincinnati.

Plague and Public Health in Renaissance Europe
This project involves the creation of a hypertext collection of materials on the impact of Bubonic Plague on Renaissance society between the initial outbreak in 1348 and the mid-sixteenth century.  It concentrates on the plague in Italy, France, and Germany

Renaissance by Anneberg/CPB
This comprehensive sites explores the Renaissance and discusses  the forces that lead to this period of rebirth in Europe, and in Italy in particular.  It includes information on the end of the Middle Ages, exploration and trade, printing and thinking, symmetry, shape, and size, and a special focus on the city of Florence.

Renaissance Paintings
The Renaissance Gallery of this online museum includes paintings and short biographical information on twelve Renaissance artists, including Leonardo da Vinci, Botticelli, and Rembrandt.

Renaissance Personalities

Eighth Graders at Riverdale Junior Secondary School in Whitehorse, Yukon, compiled short biographies of important Renaissance figures in music, art, science, and other fields.
 

Renaissance Timeline
This timeline includes important events of the Renaissance during the lifetime of Leonardo da Vinci, 1452 until 1519.

Renaissance Web Quest
The task of this Web Quest is to research a famous Renaissance intellectual and portray that person at a Renaissance meal.

Virtual Renaissance
Meet Renaissance "characters" who describe their lives and access a wide list of links on a host of Renaissance topics such as clothing, food, and architecture.  This site was built by seventh grade teachers and students at Twin Groves Junior High school in Illinois.

Welcome to the Renaissance Faire
Renaissance Faires strive to recreate everyday life during the Renaissance through costumed interpreters.  This site explains the many aspects of a Renaissance Faire, including costumes and language.  It also include a listing of Renaissance Faires in the United States.