Early Modern Europe
The Renaissance
References
Berenson, B. Italian Painters of the Renaissance. 1957.
Brucker, G.A. Renaissance Florence, 1969.
Ferguson, W.K. Europe in Transition, 1300-1520, 1962.
Jensen, D.L. Renaissance Europe: Age of Recovery and Reconciliation, 1981.
Online Resources
- Renaissance Dante in Print
- This site contains sample pages of the Divine Comedy, but no copies of the complete text.
- Renaissance Dante in Print (1472-1629)
- Very nice pictures of various printed editions of Dante.
- ILTweb5: Dante
- The complete Divine Comedy in parallel translation.
- Gardens, Villas and Social life in Renaissance Florence
- An article on the subject by F.W. Kent
- Rome Reborn: The Vatican Library and Renaissance Culture
- The famous Vatican exhibit, first sponsored by the Smithsonian. The first virtual museum exhibit ever put on the net.
- Online Catasto of 1427
- Extremely rich database. This is the raw data for David Herlihy's work.
In addition, I have an entire online course that deals with the Renaissance. It has much the same structure as this one, so there are plenty of essays to read and links for further reading. It is located at http://history.boisestate.edu/hy309/.