Unit I Resources

Late Middle Ages

Reformation

An Overview of the Reformation
from Bruce Robinson and the BBC
Henry VIII: Majesty with Menace
from Professor Ronald Hutton and the BBC
The Human Reformation
Living through radical changes from Bruce Robinson and the BBC
The Legacy of the Reformation
The costs and the benefits, from Bruce Robinson and the BBC
Martin Luther: The Reluctant Revolutionary
from PBS
Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies
from University of Toronto
Printing: Renaissance & Reformation
An online exhibit that examines the development of printing and its influence on European culture.
A Whirlwind Tour of the Protestant Reformation
brief summary from Michael Bryson California State University
1517-1564: The Reformation.

 

 

Counter-Reformation

English Reformation

The Catholic Reformation
Lecture from Professor Gerhard Rempel, Western New England College
The Catholic Reformation
from Xaiver University
BBC - Radio 4 Voices of the Powerless - 08/08/2002 featuring the Reformation
Redefining the Sacred in Early Modern England
from the Folger Library
Reformation: Protestant England
from Richard Hooker at Washington State University

 

The Church in the Middle Ages

Renaissance

Philosophical Proofs on the Existence of God
Heresy in the Late Middle Ages
lecture by Prof. Skip Knox (Boise State Univ.)
Babylonian Captivity and the Great Schism
lecture by Prof. Skip Knox (Boise State Univ.)
Medieval Church
An Internet Resource for Studying the Church of the Middles Ages
End of Europe's Middle Ages - Lollards
from University of Calgary
End of Europe's Middle Ages - Hussites
from University of Calgary
End of Europe's Middle Ages - The Church
from the University of Calgary
European Middle Ages - Introduction
from Richard Hooker at Washington State University
Church History Timeline: Index
Clay McKinney's ordered list of significant events in church history.
William Tyndale and the History of the English Bible
The Story Of Religious Controversy
chapter of book from atheist Joseph McCabe
The Benedictine Network
information on the popes from the White Robed Monks of St. Benedict
Turning the Pages - Magnifications 15 great books
The original Alice written and illustrated by Lewis Carroll.
Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies
from the University of Toronto
Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance
from PBS
The Medici Archive Project
public access to the historical data in the Medici Granducal Archive by way of a fully searchable on-line database
Leonardo da Vinci: Master Draftsman
from The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Luminarium: 16th century Renaissance English Literature
searchable texts and supplemental materials for Medieval, Renaissance, and seventeenth-century British literature
The Renaissance Connection
from the Allentown Art Museum

 

 

Renaissance Art Examples

Renaissance Art General

Masaccio: The Holy Trinity with The Virgin and St. John
CGFA- Masaccio: The Tribute Money (detail)
Masaccio: Adam & Eve Expelled from Paradise
Sandro Botticelli: The Birth of Venus
van Eyck: The Crucifixion
van Eyck: The Virgin of Chancellor Rolin
Jan van Eyck: The Arnolfini Marriage
Giotto: The Devils Cast out of Arezzo
Giotto: The Presentation in the Temple
Michelangelo: Pietà
Michelangelo: David (front view)
Michelangelo: The Fall from Grace
Titian: The Three Ages of Man
Titian: Holy Family & a Donor
Raphael: Christ on the Cross with the Virgin, St. Jerome, Mary Magdalene, & John the Baptist
Raphael: The Knight's Dream
The Digital Michelangelo Project
Treasures of the World: Mona Lisa
 
ART HISTORY RESOURCES ON THE WEB: Contents
Investigating the Renaissance Web
This interesting Harvard University Art Museum site uses digital imaging techniques to examine three Renaissance paintings
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Renaissance and Baroque Architecture: Architectural History 102
from University of Virginia
What is Art? What is an Artist?
from Professor Chris Witcombe of Sweetbriar College
The High Renaissance: Artists and their Works
from artcyclopedia
WebMuseum: La Renaissance
WebMuseum: Artist index
online art collection
Mark Harden's Artchive
gallery of art indexed by artist (commercial site)
J.-E Berger Foundation: World Art Treasures
galleries of art from the Jacques-Edouard Berger Foundation

 

Renaissance General

 
Contrasting the Renaissance and Later Middle Ages
chart
Lecture 4: The Medieval Synthesis and the Discovery of Man: The Renaissance
venice_italy.jpg (JPEG Image, 3013x3013 pixels)
Exhibits Collection -- Renaissance
from Annenberg Media
BBC/OU Open2.net - Renaissance Secrets
Renaissance Secrets is an interactive BBC Web site that explores select events of the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance and discusses the process and art of writing history
Proyecto Cervantes
from Rice University
Renaissance -- Out of the Middle Ages
from Annenber
 

 

 

Maps

Primary Documents

Full map of Europe in year 1300
Full map of Europe in year 1400
Index of Late Medieval Maps
Italy in 1250
1517:Luther's 95 Thesis
1302: Unam Sanctam
1340-1353: Petrarch Letter to a friend: Criticizing the Avignon Papacy
Petrarch, , 1340-1353
1340-1400: Geoffrey Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales : Prologue [Parallel Texts]
1348-1349: The Black Death and the Jews 1348-1349 CE
 
1354: Ordinance of the Jews of the Crown of Aragon, 1354 CE
1356: The Golden Bull of Charles IV
1378: The Great Schism: Manifesto of the 1378:Revolting Cardinals, Aug 5, 1378
1347-1380: Dialog of Catherine of Siena | Christian Classics Ethereal Library
1429: Joan of Arc: Letter to the King of England
1417: Council of Constance: List of Abuses
1415: Council of Constance: Sacrosancta
1419: Martin V: From the Declaration on the Protection of the Jews
1392: An Oath Taken by Jews Frankfort on the Main
1382-1384: Condemnation of Wycliffe
1415: Jan Hus: Final Declaration
1431: The Trial of Joan of Arc, 1431
1350: The Plague Hits Florence
1427: Diabolical Seduction:A Witch on Trial
1275: The University Cracks Down: Crooked Booksellers
1670: Pascal's Famous Wager on God's Existence
1509:Desiderius Erasmus: The Praise of Folly (Moriae Encomium), 1509
1513: The Book of the Courtier
1515: The Prince
Keep handy for use after siezing control of nation
1516: Utopia by Thomas More
Michelangelo: Poetry
800: The Donation of Constantine
1454: Gutenberg Bible
View the British Library's Digital Versions Online
1545: Martin Luther's Account of His Own Conversion
1533: The Coronation of Anne Boleyn
described in a letter by Archbishop Cranmer
Poetry of the Tudor Period
1415: The Errors of John Hus - The Council of Constance
Reformation Documents
links to primary documents from Memorial University of Newfoundland
Erasmus Text Project