Great Websites for the Renaissance

Great Websites for the Renaissance


All About Renaissance Faires:  Information on faires, festivals, clothing, cookbooks, recipes and a lot more.
 
Articles Related to Daily Life in the Renaissance: Includes articles on family life, daily life and links to other sites.

Biographies of the Renaissance:  A collection of links to biography sites detailing the lives and works of selected group of people from the Renaissance.
 
The Black Death: Bubonic Plague (History for Kids)

The Black Death 

The Black Death
(Boise State University)

A Brief History of Map-making: A short history of map making.

Brief History of Maps and Cartography: This site looks at the history of cartography (map making) from ancient times to the present -- including the Renaissance.

Craft Guilds and Occupations: Links to other sites and articles on jobs and guilds of the Medieval and Renaissance eras.

The Development of Toilets and Sanitation:  A brief history of how toilets developed.

Education in the Renaissance (Handbook for the Renaissance)

Eras of Elegance: The Renaissance  This site has information on many aspects of the Renaissance.

Faire Speak:  Want to learn to speak English from the Elizabethan era?  Take a look here.

Games and Sports in the Renaissance

Gutenberg Homepage: Take a look at Gutenberg and his printing press.

Heritage of the Renaissance (CSU Pomona):  This site contains a brief explanation of the Renaissance, Art and Science, and a number of biographies including Galileo, Leonardo da Vinci, Machiavelli, Raphael and Castiglione.

History of Medicine: The Renaissance

Johannes Gutenberg and the Printing Press

Dress, Jewels, Arms and Coat of Arms of the Late Middle Ages (Central European University): Check out the information on arms and armor, costumes, jewelry and heraldry.
 
Elizabethan Era: Great source for anything Elizabethan; Clothing, theatre, sports, music recipes and food, life and times and much more.
 
A Guide to Medieval and Renaissance Instruments (From Iowa State University)

Language - Medieval & Renaissance Speak: Learn how to speak and communicate with people from the Renaissance era.  A very thorough site.
 
Medieval Games (and Renaissance too):  Describes many of the popular games and sports of the Middle Ages and Renaissance.

Medieval Guilds

 
Renaissance Art (Sweet Briar College, Virginia)
 
Renaissance Biographies (Phoenix School District, New York)
 
Renaissance Connection (Allentown Art Museum): Explore art, innovations, an artist’s life or become a patron of the arts. Great way to explore the Renaissance.
 
Renaissance Fencing (Martial Arts Headquarters):  Contains a history of fencing and includes links to more information on the web.

Welcome to the Renaissance Faire:  A very extensive site on everything, costuming, language, acting, history and more.

Touring a Medieval Castle:  Here are some great sites that will take you  on a virtual tour.


Below, you will find a helpful list of possible characters that you could "become" for a Renaissance faire.