Renaissance history and R Guide - Resources and Review

Provides a general survey of Italian history from the Stone Age to the present, covering medieval Italy, the Renaissance, the Risorgimento and the World Wars. Also provides detailed information on the geography of the country.
 
Information about weddings during medieval and Renaissance times. Includes traditions, ceremonies, handfastings, attire, flowers, headpieces, the feast, bibliographies and Viking traditions.
 
Directory of art history resources divided into prehistoric, ancient and middle
ages; renaissance, baroque and eighteenth century; nineteenth and twentieth century and non-european art. Lists of museums and galleries and research resources are also included.
 
Collection of several hundred digital images, mainly covering architecture in Italy in the 15th
17th century, with some images from France and England.
 
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).
 
A set of teaching modules about architecture and historical design. The modules offer varying levels of detail about historical time periods, covering the ancient world, early Christian period, Gothic period, Renaissance and Baroque periods, 18th and 19th centuries. The image collection offers photographs and information on a variety of architectural, decorative and furniture styles.
 
Index of resources on the history of France, covering the Middle Ages and Renaissance, the 17th and 18th centuries, the Revolution, First Empire, and the modern day.
 
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.
 
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.
 
Provides information on the Hundred Years' War, with timeline, maps and biographies. Also provides links to other sites on medieval and renaissance history.
 
Computer assisted imaging can reveal aspects of the process of making art not visible to the unaided eye. It also reveals the alterations of intervening centuries, alterations that were intended to repair the ravages of time and use, and to adjust images to reflect changing aesthetic preferences. Using Portrait of a Man, Master of the 1540s; The Virgin and Child, Workshop of Dirck Bouts and The Last Judgement by Jan Provoost the resource examines the techniques of infrared reflectography, X
radiography and ultraviolet light.
 
Subject based directory of Internet resources of particular interest to students, teachers, and researchers. Entries are accompanied by a brief abstract. Topics range from African American history, law, religion, Renaissance studies and the sciences. There is a more extensive selection of US history resources.
 
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
 
Numerous pointers to documents and full text works for medieval and Renaissance Europe, Europe as a supernational region, and various Western European countries.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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