Useful Websites for Renaissance Studies

Use the following list to access useful webpages for Renaissance Studies. The Useful Websites for History is also a valuable source of information. Most of the links on this page are to external websites. The University of Warwick has no control over these sites and is not responsible for their content. Further details about online databases can be found on the Databases web page for Renaissance Studies.

Further information is also available about general arts-based electronic resources. (Word Document)

 

blurbox2.gif Artamène ou le Grand Cyrus 
Online access to the full text of this novel by
Madeleine de Scudéry.

blurbox2.gif Arizona Center for Medieval and
Renaissance Studies
Link to information about Renaissance Studies.

blurbox2.gif The Boke named The Governour
Full text of this literary work by Sir Thomas
Elyot.

blurbox2.gif Centre d'Etudes Supérieures de la
Renaissance
Further information about this research centre.

blurbox2.gif Centre for Reformation and Renaissance
 Studies, Toronto
The CRRS is a research and teaching centre
with a library devoted to the study of the period.

blurbox2.gif Centre for the Study of the Renaissance
University of Warwick Centre website and links to
related resources.

blurbox2.gif Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies
Access to information and resources for
medieval and renaissance studies.

blurbox2.gif The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy
Full text of 'The Civilization of the Renaissance
in Italy' by Jacob Burckhardt.

blurbox2.gif Cornucopie
French Renaissance texts

blurbox2.gif Department of the History of Art
The University of Warwick department website.

blurbox2.gif Early English Books Online (EEBO)
Off-campus access
Every significant English book from 1475-1700.

blurbox2.gif Early Modern Women Writers
Information about early modern women writers.

blurbox2.gif Edmund Spenser
Access to a collection of online texts by
Edmund Spenser.

blurbox2.gif EuroDocs
Access to primary European primary historical
documents.

blurbox2.gif Fédération Internationale des Sociétés
 et Instituts d'Etudes de la Renaissance
Information and resources from FISIER.

blurbox2.gif Festival culture online
Online access to seventeenth century German
imprints of Baroque festival culture.

blurbox2.gif Union First-line index of English verse - New!
Database of the first lines of manuscript verse
C13 - C19 held by institutions in the US and UK

blurbox2.gif Medieval and Renaissance Seminar (UCL)

blurbox2.gif Gallica: la bibliothèque numérique
Access French resources about Medieval and
Renaissance history and literature.

blurbox2.gif H-France
News, conference details and discussion lists
for Renaissance Studies.

blurbox2.gif H-Net 
Access to news, conference details and
discussion lists for Renaissance studies.

blurbox2.gif Internet Archive of Texts and Documents
Access a variety of online primary texts and
secondary sources for historical studies.

blurbox2.gif Istituto Nazionale di Studi sul Rinascimento
Further information about this research centre
for Renaissance Studies and related information.

blurbox2.gif Les antiquités de Rome (1558)
Online access to the full text of 'Les Antiquities
de Rome' by Joachim du Bellay.

blurbox2.gif Les bibliothèques virtuelles humanistes 
Access to French humanist texts. Texts are
also available in other languages.

blurbox2.gif Les oeuvres (Gargantua et Pantagruel),
A Lyon (1564) 
Full text of this work by Francois Rabelais.

blurbox2.gif The Material Renaissance
Access to information and resources about costs
and consumption in Italy 1300-1650.

blurbox2.gif The Medici Archive Project
Access to three million letters sent and received
by members of the Medici family 1537-1743.

blurbox2.gif The Newberry Library
Access to internationally renowned collections
in the late medieval and early modern periods.

blurbox2.gif The Online Catasto of 1427
Searchable database of tax information for the
city of Florence in 1427-29.

blurbox2.gif The Online Tratte of office-holders  
Online database with information about office
holders of the Florentine Republic 1282-1532.

blurbox2.gif Orbis Latinus
Online index and information about Latin
place names.

blurbox2.gif Renascence Editions
An online repository of works printed in English
between 1477 and 1799.

blurbox2.gif Renaissance Electronic Texts
Digitised early renaissance texts compiled
by the University of Toronto.

blurbox2.gif Renaissance festival books
Online access to 253 digitised Renaissance
festival books.

blurbox2.gif Renaissance materials
Primary and secondary sources in early modern
English literature from the Perseus Digital Library

blurbox2.gif Renaissance Society of America
Access to news, resources and information.

blurbox2.gif Republics of Letters
New! Peer-reviewed freely accessible e-journal

blurbox2.gif Royal Shakespeare Company
Access to news and information about the RSC.

blurbox2.gif Seminar für Geistesgeschichte und
Philosophie der Renaissance, München
Access to information about renaissance history
and philosophy. Some text is available in English.

blurbox2.gif Seventeenth Century Women Poets
Online access to biographical and bibliographical
information on particular poets, selected poems,
and articles from electronic journals.

blurbox2.gif Shakespeare's Globe
News and information about Shakespeare's
Globe Theatre.

blurbox2.gif Sixteenth Century Renaissance English
 literature 1485-1603
Access to sixteenth century literary resources.

blurbox2.gif Sixteenth Century Society and Conference
Access to articles, papers and websites related
to the sixteenth century.

blurbox2.gif Society for Neo-Latin Studies
University of Warwick website with links to
further renaissance studies resources.

blurbox2.gif Tiers livre (1546)
Full text of 'Tiers Livre' written by François
Rabelais.

blurbox2.gif Villa I Tatti
Produced by Harvard University. Access to
the Villa I Tatti website and to I Tatti Studies

 blurbox2.gif Warburg Institute Library digital collection
Access to full-text digital books in medieval and
renaissance studies from the Warburg Institute


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