The Renaissance
H - Z
Click on these headings for information about
the Renaissance.
Research
Assignment
EBSCO
Databases - NOTE:
[Online] Available http://www.coleharbourhigh.ednet.ns.ca/library/libraryontheweb.html
Login for a varied database of research resources NOT otherwise
available on the Internet.
Cole Harbour High students see Mrs. McPherson for "user name /
password".
Renaissance
[Online] Available: http://encarta.msn.com/find/findinpage.asp?&pg=8&ti=761554186&sc=0&pt=1
Renaissance Europe
[Online] Available http://www.providence.edu/dwc/renmain.htm
A very comprehensive list of links to information about the Renaissance.
Renaissance
- Out of the Middle Ages
[Online] Available: http://www.learner.org/exhibits/renaissance/middleages.html
Henry VIII
Henry VIII (1491-1547)
[Online] Available http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/tudor.htm
The life and works of King Henry VIII, from the Luminarium website.
Prince Henry the Navigator
[Online] Available http://www.thornr.demon.co.uk/kchrist/phenry.html
Information about Prince Henry form Hyperhistory.com.
Johannes Kepler (1571-1630)
[Online] Available http://es.rice.edu/ES/humsoc/Galileo/People/kepler.html
Information about Johannas Kepler compiled by Rice University.
Kepler's Laws [Online] Available
http://www.cvc.org/science/kepler.htm
A graphic representation of Kepler's Laws along with some biographical information. The
site is written by Bill Drennon, Physics Teacher, Central Valley Christian High School,
Visalia, CA USA.
A Biography of Ignatius Loyola
[Online] Available http://maple.lemoyne.edu/~bucko/V_IGNAT.HTML
A biography of Saint Ignatius Loyola, provided by LeMoyne University.
Reformation
[Online] Available http://www.mun.ca/rels/reform/index.html
Links to innformation about Reformation leaders, including Martin Luther, compiled by Hans
Rollmann for the Memorial University of Newfoundland, Department of Religious Studies.
Luther, Martin - 1483 -- 1546
[Online] Available http://search.biography.com/print_record.pl?id=9616
Brief biography of Martin Luther.
Niccolo Machiavelli
[Online] Available
Machiavelli Online
[Online] Available http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~pgrose/mach/
Excellent source of links to information on Maciavelli.
Michelangelo
Michelangelo
[Online] Available http://sunsite.auc.dk/cgfa/michelan/michelangelo_bio.htm
Biographical information from the Home Page of Carol Gerten-Jackson.
Michelangelo
[Online] Available
The Sistine Chapel
[Online] Available http://www.christusrex.org/www1/sistine/0-Tour.html
A virtual tour of the sistine Chapel, including the ceiling which was painted by
Michelangelo. This chapel is a showcase of Renisance art.
Sir Thomas More (1478-1535)
[Online] Available http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/tmore.htm
The life and works of Sir Thomas More. Information compiled for the "Luminarium"
website by Annina Jokinen.
The Thomas More Website [Online]
Available http://www.d-holliday.com/tmore/default.htm
Isaac Newton -
the first physicist.
[Online] Available: http://www-ctp.mit.edu/~alford/newton.html
Newton, Isaac (1642-1727)
[Online] Available: http://www.treasure-troves.com/bios/Newton.html
Francesco
Petrarca, 1304-1374
[Online] Available: http://icg.fas.harvard.edu/~chaucer/special/authors/petrarch/index.html
Francis Petrarch - Selections from
his Correspondences
[Online] Available http://history.hanover.edu/early/petrarch.htm
Rabelais
Catholic
Encyclopedia: Francois Rabelais
[Online] Available http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12619b.htm
François Rabelais -
1483?-1553
[Online] Available http://www.encyclopedia.com/articles/10720.html
Raphael
Raphael
[Online] Available http://sunsite.auc.dk/cgfa/raphael/
Several paintings by Raphael and brief biography from the HomePage of Carol
Gerten-Jackson.
Raphael
[Online] Available
Paintings and Biography by Nicolas Pioch
Rembrandt van Rijn
[Online] Available http://www.nga.gov/cgi-bin/pbio?26200
An excellent biography of Rembrandt from the National Gallery of Art.
Rembrandt van
Rijn
[Online] Available http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/rembrandt/
William Shakespeare
Shakespeare, William 1564-1616
[Online] Available: http://encarta.msn.com/find/Concise.asp?z=1&pg=2&ti=761562101
The Internet
Shakespeare Editions
[Online] Available http://castle.uvic.ca/shakespeare/
Texts of Shakespeare's plays available on the Internet.
Shakespeare's Globe
- The Original Globe
[Online] Available http://www.rdg.ac.uk/AcaDepts/ln/Globe/oldglobe/oldglobe_index.htm
Eyck,
Hubert
[Online] Available http://www.encyclopedia.com/articlesnew/04332TheirLives.html
Eyck,van Jan
[Online] Available http://sunsite.auc.dk/cgfa/eyck/
Brief biography and several examples of Jan van Eyck's paintings from the HomePage of
Carol Gerten-Jackson.
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CHDHS, 30/09/01
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