The Renaissance: Humanism

Lecture notes and assignments, giving a good overview of this period of history.
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~wldciv/brians_syllabus/39.html

Humanism (Rome Reborn: The Vatican Library & Renaissance Culture)

Renaissance humanists (Christian) and Catholicism. From the Library of Congress, US.
http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/vatican/humanism.html

Bibliography: Erasmus & Renaissance Humanism

Extensive bibliography compiled by Fr. William Harmless, S.J., Spring Hill College.
http://camellia.shc.edu/theology/Erasmus.htm

Dictionary of the History of Ideas: Renaissance Humanism

Nicola Abbagnano writes about the ideals of the era. From the Dictionary of the History of Ideas.
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/cgi-local/DHI/dhi.cgi?id=dv4-19