Renaissance links

CLASS WEBQUEST:  Daily Life in Elizabethan England  You could also use this site for Fair project inspiration…

Fair ideas:  Check out these sites to get ideas for your Medieval Fair project!

The Gode Cookery A collection of medieval recipes

Medieval Games Includes rules for a variety of board, card, and sporting games

Short article on medieval games

Recipes from the Middle Ages

Recipe collection  Sorted by categories and ease of preparation

Other websites for ye to explore

Renaissance A good site for selected topics with interactive activities

Life in Renaissance England – Learn about language, ceremonies, and many other aspects of life.

Elizabethan Language Learn how English Renaissance people spoke. One section teaches creative insults.

Renaissance daily life More than 70 pages of insight into everyday life in Tudor England - food, occupations, games, pastimes, religion, fashion, manners, attitudes, heraldry and education .

Mr. Dowling's Renaissace pages People, places and events in the Renaissance

Italian Renaissance Art Information about Italian art and artists

Exploring Leonardo da Vinci Information on his inventions, art and life

Galileo's life discoveries and experiments Information about his experiments and contributions to astronomy

Michelangelo Buonarroti Information on the life and art of Michelangelo

Virtual Renaissance - Visit different parts of a Renaissance community, learn about everything, talk to the people who live there and play some interactive games.

The Town for schools, children, tavern, food, festivals, and weddings.

Courthouse for the guild hall, marketplace, the bank, and Renaissance laws.

Globe theatre For the theatre and Shakespeare.

The Cathedral to talk about religion.

The University for Medicine, Alchemy, inventions, and great thinkers.

The Tower of London for Royalty.

Vir-Ren Castle for parts of a Renaissance Castle.

The Sistine Chapel for art and artists.

Hospital of the Innocents for medicine, surgery and doctors.