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Brainstorm some possible keywords before you begin searching for information.

Some suggestions include:

• Renaissance women
• names of specific plays, poems, characters and/ or famous art works of the time

We recommend you search using the “All Fields” option in the Library Catalogue as well as using the resources below.

Below is a small selection of print resources recommended by your Teacher Librarians. They contain information about the historical and social background of women in the Renaissance period as well as examples from art and literature of the time.

You can locate these books using the shelf Call No indicated.

You will also find more resources by searching the                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     .

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305.42

Bellamy, L., & Moorse, K. (1996). The changing role of women. John Murray.

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610.9

Bourdillon, H. (1988). Women as healers: a history of women and medicine. Cambridge University Press.

Beliefs about witchcraft, magic and medicine is explored in this book, which may help with your understanding of women being represented as witches in some Renaissance texts, such as in Macbeth.

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945.05

Clare, J. D. (1994). Italian Renaissance. Riverswift.

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940.21

Corrick, J. A. (2007). The Renaissance. Lucent.

Chapter 6 provides an overview of literature during the Renaissance.

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940.2

Elliott, L. (2009). The Renaissance in Europe. Crabtree Publishing Company.

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940.21

Hinds, K. (2010). Everyday life in the Renaissance. Marshall Cavendish Benchmark.

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Huntley, T. (2010). Women in the Renaissance [ebook] Crabtree Publishing Company. AccessIt Database.

Also available in print.

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940.21

Murphy, L., & Matthews, R. (2010). Art and culture of the Renaissance world. New York : Rosen Central.

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941.055

Stewart, G. (2003). Life in Elizabethan London. Lucent.

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305.4094

Brown, M. L., & McBride, K. B. (2005). Women’s roles in the Renaissance. Greenwood Press.

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Adams, L. S. (1997). A history of western art (2nd ed.) (pp. 94 – 126). McGraw-Hill.

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820.9002

Lee-Browne, P. (2003). The Renaissance : English literature in its historical, cultural and social contexts. London : Evans Brothers.

Sets out the historical background to the period, including religion, scientific discoveries and exploration, before studying dramatic works, from the morality play to Jacobean tragedy and Shakespeare’s theatre, and poetry and prose.

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Mason, A. (2007). A history of western art : from prehistory to the 21st century. Florence, Italy : McRae Books.Murphy,

Wilkes, A., & Ball, J. KS3 history. Renaissance, revolution & reformation Britain 1485-1750. (2nd edition). Oxford : Oxford University Press.