Welcome Ms. Pikios' Humanities 8 class. Find some useful Renaissance research sites below:
 


Biography Online 
http://www.biographyonline.net/people/famous/renaissance.html 
Browse Through History 

• http://www.mrdowling.com/704renaissance.html 
  

CBE Schools 

• Genoa's Role in Renaissance 
  

http://schools.cbe.ab.ca/b690/Curriculum/socialstudies/ourworldview-8/ss_ourwvs8/Attachments/a_student_text/SS8SB042.pdf  

History.com 

• Renaissance Art 
  

http://www.history.com/topics/renaissance-art 

• Italian Renaissance 
  

http://www.history.com/topics/italian-renaissance 

History of the Caravel

• http://nautarch.tamu.edu/shiplab/01George/caravela/htmls/Caravel%20History.htm
  

Italian Renaissance 
http://www.italianrenaissance.org/ 



Mariner's Museum and Park (Age of Discovery)

• http://exploration.marinersmuseum.org/type/age-of-discovery/
  

National Gallery of Art (Italian Renaissance Learning Resources) 

• Artists 
  

http://italianrenaissanceresources.com/units/unit-3/ 

• Patrons 
  

http://italianrenaissanceresources.com/units/unit-8/  

New World Encyclopedia 
General overview: 
 http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Italian_Renaissance 
Specific topics: 

• Artemisia Gentileschi 
  

http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Artemisia_Gentileschi 

• Chaucer 
  

http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Geoffrey_Chaucer 

• Copernicus 
  

http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Nicolaus_Copernicus 

• Dante 
  

http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Dante_Alighieri 

• Machiavelli 
  

http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Niccolo_Machiavelli 

• Medici Family 
  

http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Medici_family 

• More 
  

http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Thomas_More 

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  Paracelsus
  
  http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Paracelsus
  
  
• Petrarch 
  

http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Petrarch 

• Printing Press 
  

http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Printing_press 

• Savonarola 
  

http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Girolamo_Savonarola 

• Shakespeare 
  

http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/William_Shakespeare  

Renaissance Europe (Ch. 2) 

http://www.rsf.gsacrd.ab.ca/eteacher_download/1156/18900 

Spark Notes 

http://www.sparknotes.com/history/european/renaissance1/section1.rhtml