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Renaissance/Reformation/Enlightenment

To find information on these significant people, consider using the following research strategies and resources:

To find information about people, search for

• the person’s name (Usually an index will list people by last name, but during the Renaissance, some people were known by their first name such as Leonardo.)
• the person’s occupation (Painters, scientists, religious leaders, etc.,  may appear in collected biographies.)
• time period in which the person lived (chronologies, books on Renaissance, Reformation)
• groups person is a member of (women, scientists, Italians)
• geography (Where is this person from?  Italy, England)

Encyclopedias

General

• Print:  World Book and online via ed1stop to World Book and Grolier’s

Special Encyclopedias

• Print :  Renaissance (940.2), Art (700s), Science (500′s), Middle Ages (940.1)

Books:

• Biographies & collected biographies (Check OPAC.)
• Reference books:  science (500s), history (900s), quotations (808.88, art (700), music (780s, literature (800)
• General collection: esp. 940.2 (Also check OPAC)

Subscription Databases:

• SIRS Discoverer
• EBSCOHost
• ABC Clio

Videos:

Found via  ed1stop –School Help–BrainPop or Discovery Streaming

Websites:

Find some preselected websites below, or limit your Google search by adding site:org or site: edu after your person’s name.

To further investigate debate topics, check out the following websites:

Fact or Opinion?  Evalutating Internet Resources (This site from Georgetown University has questions that  will  help you to determine if a website has a particular bias or point of view.)

Joan of Arc links:

http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/biographies/joanarc.html

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08409c.htm the Catholic Encyclopedia’s information on Joan

http://www.stjoan-center.com/ The links listed under “History” will probably be most helpful (trial transcripts, biography, timeline). Otherwise, the St. Joan Center appears to be a labor of love put together by a devotee.

Cortez links:

Don’t forget to use Cortez and Cortes. Better yet, “Hernan Cortes” seems to work the best.

http://www.pbs.org/kpbs/theborder/history/timeline/1.html (a good starting place)

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1520cortes.html ( part of a letter written by Cortes to Charles V)

Galileo links:

http://galileo.rice.edu/

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06342b.htm ( Here’s the Catholic Encyclopedia’s version of Galileo’s story.)

Ferdinand and Isabella Links:

Also research the Inquisition.

http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/history/world/wh0009.html (A website for Catholic educators. Note point of view.)

http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/expulsion.html (Jewish perspective: the Jewish Virtual Library. Note point of view.)

Urban II links:

Also search the Crusades.

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook1k.html (comprehensive list of links, including Urban’s speech, info on each crusade)

http://www.medievalcrusades.com/ (easier reading)

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15210a.htm (Catholic Encyclopedia version)

Martin Luther links:

Martin Luther: Address to the Christian Nobility of the German Nation (1520) http://history.hanover.edu/texts/luthad.html

Ninety-five Theses

http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/text/wittenberg/luther/web/ninetyfive.html

Mary, Queen of Scots Links:

Mary, Queen of Scots  http://www.marie-stuart.co.uk/

Women in History of Scots Descent http://www.electricscotland.com/history/women/wih17.htm

Mary Wollstonecraft Links:

Wollstonecraft Time Line – Oregon State University (a good place to start)

http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/phl302/philosophers/wollstonecraft.html

BBC History – British History in depth:  Mary Wollstonecraft:  A ‘Speculative and Dissenting Spirit”  http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/empire_seapower/wollstonecraft_01.shtml

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy:  Mary Wollstonecraft http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/wollstonecraft/

Mary Wollstonecraft on Education http://www.infed.org/thinkers/wollstonecraft.htm

John Locke Links:

Locke Time Line- Oregon State University (a good place to start)

http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/phl302/philosophers/locke.html

The Galileo Project: Locke, John

http://galileo.rice.edu/Catalog/NewFiles/locke.html

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy:  John Locke

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/locke/

Locke’s Political Philosophy

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/locke-political/

Last update 6/2/11

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