The Renaissance - Biographies

General Biographies - Sites with information on MANY famous Renaissance people

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The Biography Channel
http://www.biography.com/

Exhibits Collection -- Renaissance 
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/renaissance/
Web site maintained by the Annenberg Foundation and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, explores the Renaissance. 

The Intenet Medieval Sourcebook: The renaissance
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook1x.html
Links to information about artists, writers and other Renaissance figures.

The Catholic Encyclopedia
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/

Sofonisba Anguissola

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Sofonisba Anguissola: Renaissance painter extraordinaire
Articles from Smithsonian Magazine.
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Sofonisba Anguissola -MyStudio.com
http://www.mystudios.com/women/abcde/s_anguissola.html
Very brief information.

Sofonisba Anguissola [Italian Mannerist Painter, 1532-1625]
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/anguissola_sofonisba.html
Links to her paintings from ArtCylopedia.

Roger Bacon

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Bacon
http://www-groups.dcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Bacon.html
Find a biography of the English philosopher and scientist Roger Bacon. From School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St. Andrews, Scotland.

Bacon, Roger (1220-1292) -- from Eric Weisstein's World of Scientific Biography
http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/BaconRoger.html

Roger Bacon
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13111b.htm
From the Catholic Encyclopedia

Roger Bacon
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/bacon_roger.shtml

Roger Bacon
http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761569765/Roger_Bacon.html

 

Boccaccio

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Giovanni Boccaccio
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02607a.htm
From the Catholic Encyclopedia.

Boccaccio
http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Italian_Studies/dweb/boccaccio/index.shtml
Information from The DeCameron Web, sponsored by Brown University.

Giovanni Boccaccio
http://www.historyguide.org/ancient/boccaccio.html

Giovanni Boccaccio
http://eolit.hrw.com/hlla/authorbios/index2.jsp?author=12giovanniboccaccio

Giovanni Boccaccio
http://www.accd.edu/sac/english/bailey/boccacci.htm

Giovanni Boccaccio
http://www.bartleby.com/65/bo/Boccaccio.html

 

Peter Bruegel

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Bruegel, Pieter the Elder
http://metalab.unc.edu/wm/paint/auth/bruegel/
Overview of the artwork of Pieter Bruegel the Elder. Provides biographical information and several paintings.

Pieter Bruegel the Elder - (1525-1569)
http://sunsite.auc.dk/cgfa/bruegel1/bruegel1_bio.htm
Biographical information from the Home Page of Carol Gerten-Jackson.

Pieter Bruegel
http://www.artchive.com/artchive/B/bruegel.html
Information from ArtArchive.com.

John Calvin

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John Calvin
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03195b.htm
From the Catholic Encyclopedia

John Calvin
http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/REFORM/CALVIN.HTM
Information on John Calvin from the World Civilization pages of Washington State University.

Reformation
http://www.mun.ca/rels/reform/index.html
Links to information about Reformation leaders, including John Calvin, compiled by Hans Rollmann for the Memorial University of Newfoundland, Department of Religious Studies.

Cervantes

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Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra [Online] Available http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/cervantes/english/ctxt/cec/bibo.html
Useful information about Cervantes from Texas A7M University's Center for the Study of Digital Libraries. Includes biographical information as well as a chronology and excerpts from the works of Cervantes.

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03543a.htm
From the Catholic Encyclopedia

Miguel de Cervantes Saavdera
http://quixote.mse.jhu.edu/Cervantes.html

Miguel de Cervantes Saavdera
http://www.gradesaver.com/classicnotes/authors/about_miguel_cervantes.html

 

Chaucer

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Chaucer  
http://www.luminarium.org/medlit/chaucer.htm
Biographical information on Geoffrey Chaucer.

Chaucer's Canterbury Tales 
 http://www.idbsu.edu/courses/hy309/docs/chaucer/chaucer.html
"There's quite a bit missing from the full Canterbury Tales -- this is simply what happened to [be] on the net. It's about half or a little less of all the tales. It's a pity that the Prolog is missing. Maybe you could go find a book. You remember, ... a book? ."

Geoffrey Chaucer
http://www.online-literature.com/chaucer/

Geoffrey Chaucer
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03642b.htm

Geoffrey Chaucer
http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/chaucerbio.html

Geoffrey Chaucer
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/chaucer.htm

Geoffrey Chaucer
http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/geoffrey_chaucer

Christopher Columbus

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1492: An Ongoing Voyage
http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/1492/intro.html
Comprehensive information about Columbus and his voyage from The Library Of Congress Website.

THE EXPLORATIONS OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
http://www.mariner.org//educationalad/ageofex/columbus.php
Information on Christopher Columbus from the Mariners Museum.

Christopher Columbus http://www.ibiblio.org/expo/1492.exhibit/c-Columbus/columbus.html

Christopher Columbus
http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=194897

Christopher Columbus
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04140a.htm

Christopher Columbus
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/biographies/columbus/

Nicholas Copernicus

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Profiles in Courage: Copernicus
  http://atheism.miningco.com/library/weekly/aa101498.htm?terms=copernicus&COB=home
Copernicus started a revolution in astronomy which touched many areas of human thought - read about how he dealt with religious opposition. Edited by Austin Cline from the Mining Co. website. Includes links to other good sites about Copernicus

NICOLAS COPERNICUS
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/hawking/cosmostar/html/cstars_coper.html
Information on Nicholas Copernicus from PBS.org

Nicholas Copernicus 
http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Biographies/Copernicus.html

Nicholas Copernicus
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/copernicus/

Nicholas Copernicus
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04352b.htm

Nicholas Copernicus
http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/Copernicus.html

Nicholas Copernicus
http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/96feb/copernicus.html

Leonardo Da Vinci

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Leonardo da Vinci
http://sunsite.auc.dk/cgfa/vinci/vinci_bio.htm
Biographical information from the Home Page of Carol Gerten-Jackson.

Leonardo da Vinci 
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/vinci/
From the Web Museum, Paris.

Leonardo da Vinci 
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15440a.htm

Dante

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Digital Dante
http://dante.ilt.columbia.edu/new/about/index.html
From Columbia University.

Gale > Free Resources > Poet's Corner > Biographies > Dante Alighieri 
http://www.gale.com/free_resources/poets/bio/dante.htm
Information from Gale Research.

The World Of Dante
http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/dante/
From The University of Virginia.

Descartes

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René Descartes 
 http://www-groups.dcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Descartes.html
Biographic information about Rene Descartes, compiled by The School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences, University of St Andrews .

RENÉ DESCARTES AND THE LEGACY OF MIND/BODY DUALISM
http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/Mind/Descartes.html
Biography + excerpts from the writings of Descartes.

René Descartes 
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04744b.htm

Lorenzo de Medici

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Lorenzo de Medici - Ruler of Florence and Art Patron
  http://www2.lucidcafe.com/lucidcafe/library/96jan/lorenzo.html
A very short biography of Lorenzo de Medici.

Lorenzo de Medici on the Web
http://historymedren.about.com/library/who/blwwlorenzoweb.htm?terms=lorenzo+medici
Links to web information, compiled by About.com

Lorenzo De' Medici
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0832477.html

Lorenzo De' Medici
http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=9386497

Donatello

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Donatello 
 http://keptar.demasz.hu/arthp/bio/d/donatell/biograph.htm
A short article about the artist Donatello from the Web Gallery of Art.

Donatello (Donato di Niccolo di Betto Bardi)
http://arthistory.about.com/cs/namesdd/p/donatello.htm?terms=donatello
Links to web information, compiled by About.com

Donatello Di Betto Bardi
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05115d.htm

Durer

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Albrecht Durer
http://metalab.unc.edu/wm/paint/auth/durer
A short biography of Albrecht Durer from the "Web Museum". Includes numerous examples of his art work.

Albrecht Dürer
http://lii.org/
Sites compliled by the Librarian's Index to the Internet.

Albrecht Durer
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/durer_albrecht.html

Albrecht Durer
http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/bio/d/durer/biograph.html

Albrecht Durer
http://www.kfki.hu/~/arthp/html/d/durer/index.html

Albrecht Durer
http://cgfa.sunsite.dk/durer/

Erasmus

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IN DEFENSE OF ERASMUS
http://watch.pair.com/erasmus.html
Essays on the life and work of Erasmus by Dr. John Cereghin.

Desiderius Erasmus
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05510b.htm 

Desiderius Erasmus
http://www.historyguide.org/intellect/erasmus.html

Desiderius Erasmus
http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761574599/Erasmus.html

Desiderius Erasmus
http://www.luminarium.org/encyclopedia/erasmus.htm

Galileo Galilei

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Profiles in Courage: Galileo
  http://atheism.miningco.com/library/weekly/aa110498.htm?terms=copernicus&COB=home
Galileo is a seminal figure in the history of science. What sorts of religious opposition did he face in order to promote his revolutionary ideas? Edited by Austin Cline from the Mining Co. website. Includes links to other good sites about Galileo

The Galileo Project
http://es.rice.edu/ES/humsoc/Galileo/
An extensive list of links to information about Galileo compiled by Rice University.

Galileo Galilei http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Galileo.html

Galileo Galilei http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/96feb/galileo.html

Galileo Galilei http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/whos_who_level2/galileo.html

Galileo Galilei
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/hawking/cosmostar/html/cstars_galileo.html

Galileo Galilei
http://www.crystalinks.com/galileo.html

Gutenberg

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Johann Gutenberg
http://www.britannica.com/
Information and links from Britannica.com

Johann Gutenberg
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07090a.htm
From The Catholic Encyclopedia.

Johann Gutenberg http://www.greatsite.com/timeline-english-bible-history/gutenberg.html

Johann Gutenberg http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/gutenberg.html

Johann Gutenberg http://www.bl.uk/treasures/gutenberg/life.html