RENAISSANCE Research
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online catalog

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GALE DATABASES

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MeL database

​Individual GVRL Renaissance Titles

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Use GVRL password

Use GVRL password

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​List of Possible Topics

Architecture
Art: Giotto, Masaccio, Michelangelo, da Vinci
Candlemaking
Clothing (by class): accessories, jewelry
Dancing: folk, morris (scarves)
Disease (plague)
Drink
Dwellings
Education: subjects, horn books
Entertainment: jousting, fencing, bearbaiting, dog/cock fighting, juggling, hunting, hawking, archery, fishing
Exploration (imports/exports, coins)
Famous people
Food: cooking methods, plates, utensils
Games: chess, backgammon, teetotum, Nine Men Morris, trump
Holidays: May Day (maypole, floral garlands)
Humanism
Hygiene: pomander balls, sachets
Instruments
Language: vocabulary, pronunciation, spelling
Law and order/punishment (pillory)
London
Masques
Monarchy: Elizabeth I, James I
Music
Occupations: blacksmith, glassmaker, weaver
Playwrights
Printing press: engraving, folios
Religion (Catholicism, Protestantism)
Science: Galileo
Sculpture
Shakespeare (family, marriage, kids)
Sonnets/poetry: patrons
Stratford
Sword fighting
Theatre: Globe
Writing: quill pens, calligraphy