Masterlist to Make the Middle Ages and Renaissance Come Alive 🏰
Here, you will find an assortment of websites and resources that relate in some way to the Medieval and Renaissance worlds (either academically or informally). You might find it interesting to dive into these links, and could even discover a new passion to be investigated further — or maybe you will come across a new hobby when you begin to decorate your very own digital tapestry (see below in one of the links). Either way, I think the products of your inspiration will be exciting. Happy exploring!
⭐️ The Internet is a vast place — almost as vast as the contents of history — so I have many more links to share at some later time. Until then, these should do! ⭐️
Some good reads 📚
Essays by Michel de Montaigne (1580)
Curious Punishments of Bygone Days by Alice Morse Earle
Old Cookery Books and Ancient Cuisine by William Carew Hazlitt
The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli
The Art of Worldly Wisdom by Balthasar Gracian
Characters of Shakespeare’s Plays by William Hazlitt
The Diary of Samuel Pepys by Samuel Pepys
The Essays by Francis Bacon
Utopia by Thomas More
Letters to His Son by The Earl of Chesterfield
The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe
The City of the Sun by Tommaso Campanella
Great rabbit holes 🐰
Bayeux Tapestry Construction Kit
Anthology of Middle English Literature (1350–1485)
16th Century Renaissance English Literature (1486–1603)
The Preparation of a Medieval Feast
How to Keep a Commonplace Book
Medieval Ethiopian Monastery Ambience
Some good flicks 🎬
The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
Some good shows 📺
Some good albums 📀
Dictionary of Medieval & Renaissance Instruments
