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SOURCES
As a foreword, I’d like to note that I’m not claiming or insisting on the accuracy of any source listed below, nor am I striving for complete, total accuracy to Italian culture in the late 1400s. I read in an interview that some historian feels Assassin’s Creed’s depiction of Italian culture is very true to life, but given the fantasy element of the game and a few choice departures, I feel it makes more sense to stick to general ideas and concepts enough to make Ezio come across as a man from another era, but not be so rigid that I am spending more time researching than actually writing. It’s just for fun, you know?
If you have any ideas or sources or interesting reading material, I’d love to hear about it! :)
SEX AND COURTSHIP
First syphilis outbreak came in 1494/1495 in Naples, Italy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_syphilis#European_outbreak
Sexual Relations in Renaissance Europe
http://garnlebaron.wordpress.com/sexual_relations_in_renaissance_europe/
http://theborgias.wetpaint.com/page/Sex+and+the+Renaissance
Sex and Nuns
http://www.thesmartset.com/article/article09190701.aspx
Renaissance Courtship and Marriage
http://lorribrown.suite101.com/renaissance-courtship-and-marriage-a19689
FAMILY LIFE
Family Life During the Renaissance
http://lorribrown.suite101.com/family-life-during-the-renaissance-a19993
ART, FOOD AND CLOTHING
Renaissance Life, Fashion and Swords
http://www.realarmorofgod.com/renaissance-era.html
Food and Drink
http://www.lepg.org/food.htm
Cookbook, 1420-1440
http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/lcc/parallel.html
FLORENCE AND THE MEDICI FAMILY
Significance of the Medici Family
http://novaonline.nvcc.edu/eli/evans/Student/Florence/index.html
Focus on Florence
http://www.learner.org/interactives/renaissance/florence.html
http://www.learner.org/interactives/renaissance/florence_sub.html
Journey through the Renaissance
http://library.thinkquest.org/C005356/index2.htm
The Powerful Families of Renaissance Italy
http://theborgias.wetpaint.com/page/The+Powerful+Families+of+Renaissance+Italy
The Italian City-States of the Renaissance (re: Florence)
http://vlib.iue.it/carrie/texts/carrie_books/gilbert/03.html
HISTORY / RENAISSANCE PERSPECTIVES
"The Romans adopted this name, "Europa" to describe the whole of European continent, separating it from the older continent of Asia. The name was adopted by all the languages that evolved from Latin, and spread to the other European languages."
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071029102332AAcYIAU
The Fra Mauro map. Map of the WORLD circa 1450 -- the one they would have been using until a new one in the 1490. Also features the first known Western depiction of Japan, then known as Cipangu.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/FraMauroDetailedMap.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1d/FramauroJava.jpg
English names for Italian things. Modern age, but okay at a cursory glance.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_exonyms_for_Italian_toponyms
Map of Italy circa 1500
http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltgsoccHrh1qesjkxo1_1280.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJ6IHWSU3BX3X7X3Q&Expires=1319394536&Signature=hdtK43nRtx0TCRwAy1vl0sE9Z5U%3D
TIMELINE OF IMPORTANT INVENTIONS
1400 Piano invented
1421 Hoisting gear invented in Florence
1445 Invention of the printing press by Johann Gutenberg
1450 Nicholas of Cusa invents spectacle lenses
1459 **EZIO’S BIRTH**
1475 Muzzle-loaded rifles invented in Italy, screwdriver invented
1485 Leonardo da Vinci finishes the first functioning flying machine
1487 Bell chimes invented
1488 **EZIO’S CANONPOINT IN PARADISA**
1492 Martin Behaim invents first spinning map globe.
As a foreword, I’d like to note that I’m not claiming or insisting on the accuracy of any source listed below, nor am I striving for complete, total accuracy to Italian culture in the late 1400s. I read in an interview that some historian feels Assassin’s Creed’s depiction of Italian culture is very true to life, but given the fantasy element of the game and a few choice departures, I feel it makes more sense to stick to general ideas and concepts enough to make Ezio come across as a man from another era, but not be so rigid that I am spending more time researching than actually writing. It’s just for fun, you know?
If you have any ideas or sources or interesting reading material, I’d love to hear about it! :)
SEX AND COURTSHIP
First syphilis outbreak came in 1494/1495 in Naples, Italy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_syphilis#European_outbreak
Sexual Relations in Renaissance Europe
http://garnlebaron.wordpress.com/sexual_relations_in_renaissance_europe/
http://theborgias.wetpaint.com/page/Sex+and+the+Renaissance
Sex and Nuns
http://www.thesmartset.com/article/article09190701.aspx
Renaissance Courtship and Marriage
http://lorribrown.suite101.com/renaissance-courtship-and-marriage-a19689
FAMILY LIFE
Family Life During the Renaissance
http://lorribrown.suite101.com/family-life-during-the-renaissance-a19993
ART, FOOD AND CLOTHING
Renaissance Life, Fashion and Swords
http://www.realarmorofgod.com/renaissance-era.html
Food and Drink
http://www.lepg.org/food.htm
Cookbook, 1420-1440
http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/lcc/parallel.html
FLORENCE AND THE MEDICI FAMILY
Significance of the Medici Family
http://novaonline.nvcc.edu/eli/evans/Student/Florence/index.html
Focus on Florence
http://www.learner.org/interactives/renaissance/florence.html
http://www.learner.org/interactives/renaissance/florence_sub.html
Journey through the Renaissance
http://library.thinkquest.org/C005356/index2.htm
The Powerful Families of Renaissance Italy
http://theborgias.wetpaint.com/page/The+Powerful+Families+of+Renaissance+Italy
The Italian City-States of the Renaissance (re: Florence)
http://vlib.iue.it/carrie/texts/carrie_books/gilbert/03.html
HISTORY / RENAISSANCE PERSPECTIVES
"The Romans adopted this name, "Europa" to describe the whole of European continent, separating it from the older continent of Asia. The name was adopted by all the languages that evolved from Latin, and spread to the other European languages."
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071029102332AAcYIAU
The Fra Mauro map. Map of the WORLD circa 1450 -- the one they would have been using until a new one in the 1490. Also features the first known Western depiction of Japan, then known as Cipangu.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/FraMauroDetailedMap.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1d/FramauroJava.jpg
English names for Italian things. Modern age, but okay at a cursory glance.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_exonyms_for_Italian_toponyms
Map of Italy circa 1500
http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltgsoccHrh1qesjkxo1_1280.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJ6IHWSU3BX3X7X3Q&Expires=1319394536&Signature=hdtK43nRtx0TCRwAy1vl0sE9Z5U%3D
TIMELINE OF IMPORTANT INVENTIONS
1400 Piano invented
1421 Hoisting gear invented in Florence
1445 Invention of the printing press by Johann Gutenberg
1450 Nicholas of Cusa invents spectacle lenses
1459 **EZIO’S BIRTH**
1475 Muzzle-loaded rifles invented in Italy, screwdriver invented
1485 Leonardo da Vinci finishes the first functioning flying machine
1487 Bell chimes invented
1488 **EZIO’S CANONPOINT IN PARADISA**
1492 Martin Behaim invents first spinning map globe.