This page provides some starting spots for students studying the Renaissance. I particularly recommend Jack Lynch's website and Renascence Editions (see below under External Links), but you can also find a variety of other resources as well. Renaissance Resources The Great Chain of Being (E. M. W. Tillyard's overview of The Elizabethan World Picture in a nutshell) List of Renaissance Authors in England Machiavelli and "The Prince." Click here to download excerpts from "The Prince" in RTF format. Shakespeare Resources Suggested Scenes for Shakespeare Performance in English 207. Tillyard and The Elizabethan World Picture Recipe for a Renaissance Rulers of England in Order (downloadable PDF handout) The War of the Roses (the dividing line between the medieval world and the Renaissance in England) External Links on the Renaissance The Shakespeare Home Page (a good starting point) Renascence Editions Jack Lynch's Literary Resources--Renaissance Ben Jonson Bio Biographical information on the Poet Laureate. Entrance to the Shakespeare Web Interactive exploration for Shakespeare afficionados. A Few Other Basic Literature Resources Close Reading of a Literary Passage Greek Mythology A useful external webpage. Check out the Index link in particular, for a quick way to look up mythological allusions. Literary Terms: An alphabetical list with definitions (under perpetual construction!) Periods of Literary History (a PDF handout listing major periods of literary history in chronological order) Chain of Being (Powerpoint presentation) Renaissance Religious Documents (all external to this site) 1662 Book of Common Prayer Bible (including 1611 King James Version and Vulgate) John Calvin's Institutes Image at top of page, adapted from John Dee's treatise on Reason and the Senses. Provided courtesy of Ryan McBride. Image immediately above: collection of Renaissance sabres on display in Belvoir Castle, England. Photographed 1995 by Kip Wheeler.
This page provides some starting spots for students studying the Renaissance. I particularly recommend Jack Lynch's website and Renascence Editions (see below under External Links), but you can also find a variety of other resources as well. Renaissance Resources
This page provides some starting spots for students studying the Renaissance. I particularly recommend Jack Lynch's website and Renascence Editions (see below under External Links), but you can also find a variety of other resources as well.
Renaissance Resources
External Links on the Renaissance
A Few Other Basic Literature Resources
Close Reading of a Literary Passage Greek Mythology A useful external webpage. Check out the Index link in particular, for a quick way to look up mythological allusions. Literary Terms: An alphabetical list with definitions (under perpetual construction!) Periods of Literary History (a PDF handout listing major periods of literary history in chronological order) Chain of Being (Powerpoint presentation) Renaissance Religious Documents (all external to this site) 1662 Book of Common Prayer Bible (including 1611 King James Version and Vulgate) John Calvin's Institutes
Renaissance Religious Documents (all external to this site)
Image at top of page, adapted from John Dee's treatise on Reason and the Senses. Provided courtesy of Ryan McBride. Image immediately above: collection of Renaissance sabres on display in Belvoir Castle, England. Photographed 1995 by Kip Wheeler.
Image at top of page, adapted from John Dee's treatise on Reason and the Senses. Provided courtesy of Ryan McBride.
Image immediately above: collection of Renaissance sabres on display in Belvoir Castle, England. Photographed 1995 by Kip Wheeler.