Renaissance Research

You are going to research the subjects listed below. After you have researched these topics, you will be creating a newspaper with articles about 5 of the 7 subjects. Use your packet to guide your in finding information. 

Subjects (Renaissance time period only)

Food, Clothing, Writers/Thinkers, Science/Inventions, Music, Dance, Health

RESOURCES

http://www.godecookery.com/afeast/afeast.htm
A Feast for the Eyes:  A Medieval and Renaissance Food and Feast Image Collection

http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us/antiqua/instrumt.html
A Guide to Medieval and Renaissance Instruments: includes the sound of each instrument

http://www.learner.org/exhibits/middleages/
Annenburg/CPB Exhibits Collection -- The Middle Ages
This very useful site includes information about the daily life of medieval people. Topics include descriptions of Feudal Life, Religion, Homes, Clothing, Health, Food, Arts and Entertainment, and Town Life

http://www.learner.org/exhibits/renaissance/resources.html
Annenberg/CPB Exhibits:  Renaissance -- Related Resources

http://www.intelligentchild.com/astronomy/copernicus.html
Astronomy Rocks! Nicolaus Copernicus - This biography of Copernicus was written for children

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/medicine/nonint/home.shtml
BBC Education - Medicine Through Time

http://www.castlesontheweb.com/
Castles On The Web - This site provides a glossary of castle terms, descriptions of the parts of a castle, and links to other castle sites

http://emuseum.mnsu.edu/history/middleages/index.shtml
Enter the Middle Ages

http://www.maranausd.org/DG/Castles/
Examples of Student Created Castles

http://www.pitt.edu/%7Emedart/menuglossary/INDEX.HTM
Glossary of Medieval Art and Architecture

http://www.twingroves.district96.k12.il.us/Renaissance/guildhall/student.html
Guild Hall:  Apprentice and guild information

http://www.siue.edu/COSTUMES/COSTUME3_INDEX.HTML
History of Costume index by Braun and Schneider 
This is a great place to look to see what people wore during the Middle Ages

http://www.chronique.com/
Knighthood, Chivalry, and Tournaments Resource Library 
This site contains the following pages: "Contemporary Chivalry: The Internet & Modern Tourney Societies", Charlemagne's Biography, Crispen speech from Henry V, Magna Carta Text, Thornbird Armoury, Armour Pictures: TA Portfolio, Who is a Knight?, A Code of Chivalry

http://www.ren.dm.net/compendium/19.html
Life in Elizabethan England: A Compendium of Common Knowledge - Food

http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us/antiqua/instrumt.html
Medieval and Renaissance Instruments

http://www.virtue.to/articles/#Hatsedievaltimes%2ecom%2f
Medieval Clothing Paper: Articles by Cynthia Virtue

http://www.omnibusol.com/medieval.html
Medieval, Renaissance, Reformation: Western Civilization, Act II

http://www.byu.edu/ipt/projects/middleages/index.html
Middle Ages

http://www.byu.edu/ipt/projects/middleages/index.html
Middle Ages:  King Arthur, The Holy Grail, knights, armor, models of swords

http://www.luminarium.org/medlit/mltexts.htm
Middle English Lyrics:  Texts

http://www.bcpl.net/~cbladey/guy/html/music.html
Music and Dance of the Renaissance Period

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/castles/enter.html
National Geographic - Ghosts in the Castle

http://www.windows.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/tour_def/people/ren_epoch/copernicus.html
Nicolas Copernicus - A simple biography and description of Copernicusí model of the solar system exists here.    Links to models of the solar system, and some excellent sites about astronomy are included

http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/osheim/plaguein.html
Plague and Public Health in Renaissance Europe

http://www.rendance.org/
Renaissance Dance

http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/renaissanceinfo.htm
Sixteenth Century Renaissance English Literature:  Background Information

http://www.twingroves.district96.k12.il.us/Renaissance/VirtualRen.html
Virtual Renaissance:  A Journey Through Time

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/dihtml/diessay1.html
Western Social Dance:  Burgundian Dance in the Late Middle Ages

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/dihtml/diessay2.html
Western Social Dance:  Renaissance Dance