These directories offer resources for the study of the Renaissance movements, examples of the art, architecture, literature, poetry, drama and music of the times, the political and economic circumstances that allowed the Renaissance movements to flourish, and the events surrounding artistic growth.
Your Guide's review of Caroline Murphy's biography of Isabella de'Medici Orsini.
Your Guide's review of Bard Thompson's excellent and extensive resource on the history of the Renaissance and Reformation.
The complete text of
The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy by Jacob Burckhardt, a significant 19th-century social history that influenced Renaissance studies for generations. A public-domain document online here at the Medieval History site.
Your Guide's concise review of Lisa Jardine's Worldly Goods - A New History of the Renaissance.
Paul Johnson attempts to offer an introduction to the Renaissance. Does he succeed? Your Guide's honest review.
