Alighieri, Dante
          The Divine Comedy Blackstone Audiobooks
          Divine Comedy: Inferno, Stirling Bridge, Cliff Notes
          Divine Comedy: Purgatorio, Cliff Notes
          Divine Comedy: Paradiso, Recorded Books, Inc., Cliff Notes

Burckhardt, Jacob
         The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy

Cantor, Norman F.
         Renaissance and Reformation: 1300-1648, Ideas and Institutions in Western Civilization 

Columbus, Christopher
          The Log of Christopher Columbus, Translated by Robert H. Fusion, International
                   Marine, Camden, Maine © 1987
          A Letter from Christopher Columbus to the King & Queen of Spain         

Foxe, John
         Foxe's Book of Martyrs Blackstone Audiobooks         

Fursion, Robert H. (translator)
         The Log of Christopher Columbus (International Marine, Camden Main)

Grant, George
        The Last Crusader: The Untold Story of Christopher Columbus

Haney, John
       Cesare Borgia: World Leaders Past and Present

Hudson, William Henry
       The Story of the Renaissance Blackstone Audiobooks

Machiavelli, Niccolo
       The Prince Blackstone Audiobooks, Cliff Notes

Schaeffer, Francis
       How Should We Then Live (Also in video)

Scott, Otto
      The Myths of the Renaissance (Otto Scott's Compass, Vol. 8, Issue 86, Oct. 1997)

Stevenson, Robert Louis
     The Black Arrow

Unfortunately, Richard III has taken some very devasting hits. The slander this chivalrous Christian monarch has had to endure was really pushed during the Elizabethan Age. How many know, for instance, that this monarch took his Wycliff Bible and rode the circuit dispensing justice from God's Law and, hence, the middle class began to develop in England? Due to Richard's desire for justice for all, the English Renaissance nobility would never forgive him. Wanting to please Elizabeth I, Shakespeare (whether he wrote the plays or others did) came out with Richard III. From this play you can see where the Victorian villian came from. The play came out as the citizenry were becoming disenchanted with Elizabeth I, a direct descendant of Henry VII (the man that usurped the British crown from Richard III). According to British law at the time, Henry VII was ineligible for the throne due to illegitimacy on both his mother and father's side of the family. Moreover, another of Henry VII's ancestors signed an agreement that neither he nor his posterity would attempt to gain the English throne. It is also important to note that our US Supreme Court has acquitted Richard III on several occasions. For those of you Richard III fans, you may enjoy this link as you have the opportunity to rearrange Henry VII's face!

Special Videos:

You will probably need to do an interlibrary loan from a local university for these videos. They are not "Hollywood" style. Obviously, I have not seen all these videos. However, the ones that I have seen have spurred me on to make them a recommendation. It must be stated that these videos are not from a Christian worldview perspective, but they do have many redeeming qualities (i.e., information hard to obtain in any other manner short of visiting a particular country!) Therefore, I would love to hear comments from anybody that has previewed a particular video or videos for feedback!

Rolland Collection

Early Renaissance in Italy Fra Angelico Piero della Francesca Jean Fouquet Guido Mazzoni Botticelli's Calumny of Apelles The Age of Titian The Age of Leonardo and Raphael The Restoration of a Leonardo da Vinci Michelangelo (Parts One and Two) The Miracle of Palladio Rome under the Popes: Church and Empire Seville: The Edge of Empire El Escorial: Palace, Monastery and Mausoleum Ottoman Supremacy: The Suleimaniye, Istanbul Germain Pilon Fontainebleau: The Changing Image of Kingship

Discovering Sixteenth-century Strasbourg The Northern Renaissance Venice and Antwerp (Part One: The Cities Compared and Part Two: Forms of Religion) Christopher Plantin, Polyglot Printer of Antwerp At the Turn of the Age: Hans Holbein Maarten van Heemskerck: Humanism and Pinting in Northern Europe Bruegel (Part One and Two) Pieter Bruegel and Popular Culture Shropshire in the Sixteenth Century Hardwick Hall: Power and Architecture The Past Replayed: Kirby Hall Moscow: The Gold-domed Capital Renaissance Architecture in Slovakia Jan Bruegel the Elder