Medici Family [Image]. (n.d.). History.com. Retrieved September 4, 2016, from http://www.history.com/topics/medici-family
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How is Florence connected with the Renaissance?
Watch the first minute of this video to find out about Florence and its role in the Renaissance.
VideoVoyage.TV. (2014, March 16). Renaissance Florence, Capital of Tuscany [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8-psF8nhBU
Who were the Medici?
“The Medici were a prominent family that produced four popes and two French queens. They controlled the Italian city-state of Florence from 1434 to 1737 and were among the most wealthy and powerful families of Europe during the Renaissance.”
Dowling, M. (2016). The House of Medici. Retrieved September 4, 2016, from http://www.mrdowling.com/704-medici.html
VideoVoyage.TV. (2014, March 16). Renaissance Florence, Capital of Tuscany [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8-psF8nhBU
Non-Fiction Print Resources
Pierre, M. (1989). The Renaissance. Lodnon: Hamilton.
940.21 PIE
This book has a really good summary of Florence during the Renaissance.
Shearer, R. G. (1996). Famous men of the Renaissance and Reformation. Tennessee: Greenleaf Press
940.21 SHE
This book has chapters on three different Medici that will give you an idea of their role in the development of Florence.
Roberts, M.(1992). Italian Renaissance. Harlow: Longman
945.05 ROB
Chapter 1 has good information about Florence and the Medici. Page 22 and 29 also have useful information.
Online Databases
Encyclopaedia Britannica has three different levels. Pick the level that suits you the best.
This article is quite challenging to read. If you need any help finding it in the database please ask one of the Teacher Librarians.
- Cook, J. (2003). Why Renaissance? Why Florence?, History Review, 47. Retrieved from Questia School database.
Websites
- Cradle of the Renaissance. (n.d.). Retrieved September 4, 2016, from http://www.acaedu.net/cms/lib3/TX01001550/Centricity/Domain/389/3%20The%20Cradle%20of%20the%20Renaissance%201.pdf
- Focus on Florence. (n.d.). Retrieved September 4, 2016, from http://www.learner.org/interactives/renaissance/florence.html
- Harris, B., & Zucker, S. (n.d.). Florence in the early Renaissance. Retrieved September 4, 2016, from https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/renaissance-reformation/early-renaissance1/beginners-renaissance-florence/a/florence-in-the-early-renaissance
- Gascoigne, B. (n.d.). History of the Medici. Retrieved September 4, 2016, from http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?ParagraphID=gjg
- Steve, R. (n.d.). Florence Renaissance Walk. Retrieved September 4, 2016, from http://stpkc.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Florence-Renaissance-Walk.pdf
This document may help give you some ideas for a museum piece.
- Florence and Central Italy, 1400-1600 A.D. (2002). Retrieved September 4, 2016, from http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/08/eustc.html
This web page has a really good timeline of what happened in Florence during the Renaissance. Click on Key Events to get the timeline.
- The Medici Family. (2009). Retrieved September 4, 2016, from http://www.history.com/topics/medici-family
- Van Heiden, A. (1995). The Medici Family. Retrieved September 4, 2016, from http://galileo.rice.edu/gal/medici.html
Videos
artandfilm21. (2016, January 5). The Medici: makers of modern art Renaissance [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBdozAnsmdk
Rick Steves Europe. (2014, March 31). Florence: heart of the Renaissance [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ut-e40u3lS0