Internet Resources for Renaissance England

Norton Topics Online: The Sixteenth Century 1485-1603

The History of the Crown: The Tudors

Voice of the Shuttle: English Literature:  Renaissance and 17th-Century:  A megasite for authors, essays, and background.

Historical Resources for the English Renaissance: A Compendiumof Common Knowledge, The Gunpowder Plot Pages, Costuming, Food and Drink, Games, Misc (Weddings, Plague and Public Health, Shakespearian Insults), Music, People, Searches.

Renaissance Electroinic Texts:  "A series of old-spelling, SGML-encoded editions of early individual copies of English Renaissance books and manuscripts, and of plain transcriptions of such works, published on the World Wide Web as a free resource for students of the period."

A Selection of Renaissance Websites : 

Renaissance :  Welcome to Renaissance, the Elizabethan World!

Sixteenth Century Renaissance English Literature (1485-1603):  Major authors, essays and articles, renaissance resources.

Sixteenth Century Renaissance English Literature: Background Information:  General Introductions to the Renaissance, History and Politics, Economy, Trade and Exploration, Royalty, Images, Religion, Women in the Renaissance, Renaissance Science and Medicine, The Plague, Renaissance Music,Renaissance Theatre, Renaissance Dance, Renaissance Art, Renaissance Architecture, Renaissance Costume, Renaissance Printing, Renaissance Food and Drink, Miscellaneous, Journals, Metapages.

Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies:  Electronic Resources for Research

Chronology:  Chronology of Art and Science, Chronology of Discovery and Trade, Chronology of Politics and War, Chronology of Religion and Society.

Elizabethan Times: A "modern" Elizabethan Tabloid.

Welcome to the Renaissance Faire: "Costuming and Costume Accessories, Language and Pronunciation,  Acting and Working with the Public, Historical Perspectives of the 1500s, All the Faires of the Americas, RPFI and California Faire Specifics, Links to Internet Resources, About the Renaissance Faire Archive, What's New?, Search."

Elizabeth I (1533-1603):  "Quotes, The Life of Elizabeth I, The Works of Elizabeth I, Essays and Articles, Image gallery, Additional Sources, Elizabeth I in the Bookstore, Elizabeth: The Movie."

The Tudors:  " Tudor Family Tree, Howard Family Tree, The Six Wives of Henry VIII, Tudor Chronology, The Arts in Tudor England,  The Music of Henry VIII, Tudor Heraldry, The Tudors and the Tower of London, Life of Women in Tudor England, Duke of Norfolk Worship Page, Cause of Death of Henry VIII, Links and Sources."

The Tudors and the Tower of London:  "History of the Tower, Tower Hill, Tower Green, Queen's House, Tudors and the Tower, The Tower as State Prison"   Many pictures.

Renascence Editions:  "An Online Repository of Works Printed in English Between the Years 1477 and 1799"  

The Gutenberg Bible. The Hunanities Research Center, UT, Austin.

Edmund Spenser (1552-1599)

The Edmund Spenser Home Page: "This page seeks to collect Net materials pertaining to the works and life of
Edmund Spenser. It is published by Renascence Editions at the University of Oregon."

Edmund Spenser (1552-1599):  The Luminarium Spenser Page.

Sir Thomas More (1478-1535)

Sir Thomas More (1478-1535):  The Luminarium More Page.

The Trial of Sir Thomas More, 1535:  The World Wide Legal Information Association's account.

A Bibliography of Thomas More's Utopia

An Island of Socialism in Sixteenth Century Europe; Socialism in the Utopia of Sir Thomas MoreJason Hans Kleine, Introduction to English Literature 110-200A, November 20, 1993.

More about More:  "The Story of Thomas More by John Farrow.  The biography of a great Christian who refused to betray his conscience even at the cost of his life, St Thomas More Summary From the Catholic Enciclopedia, Sir Thomas More General Information, Thomas More's Last Letter, Utopia: Complete book by Thomas More, Description of Thomas More by Erasmus, Essays and Articles, A kindler, Gentle Republic by H. Solomon Poretsky copyright 1996, Utopia as mirror for a life and times by Richard Marius, Review of Utopia by Greg Sanders, Saint Thomas More: Noble Heroism Amidst Treachery edited by Dave Armstrong 1991.

Utopia, by Thomas More: The Electronic Literature Foundation.

Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586)

Sir Philip Sidney:  The Luminarium Sidney Page.

Selected Poetry and Prose of Sir Philip Sidney:  From Representative Poetry On-Line.

Sir Walter Ralegh (1552-1618)

Sir Walter Ralegh:  The Luminarium Ralegh Page

Selected Poetry of Sir Walter Ralegh:  From Representative Poetry On-line

Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593)

Christopher Marlowe:  The Luminarium Marlowe Page

The Marlowe Society Home Page

The Faust Legend: "The Faust Legend in Literature, The Faust Legend in Music, The Faust Legend in the Visual Arts, Faust Goes to the Movies, Articles, Other Links, Dr. Gounod's Faust News, The Faust Legend in Popular Literature, List of Films and TV Shows Using the Faust Theme, Link to Music and Word Studies Web Site."

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare:  "Shakespeare discussion area,Search the complete works, Shakespeare  resources on the Internet, What's new on this sever, A chronological listing of plays, and an alphabetical listing,                   Frequently asked questions about this server, Bartlett's familiar Shakespearean quotations, About the glossary."

Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet:  "  This site attempts two things: To be a complete annotated guide to the scholarly Shakespeare resources available on the Internet . . .  [and] To present new Shakespeare material unavailable elsewhere on the Internet."

William Shakespeare:  The Stratford on Avon Guide

William Shakespeare Resources

Arts & Literature: William Shakespeare:   About.Com Annotated Guide to Shakespeare

The Life and Times of Shakespeare:  Primary Documents, Biographical Links, The Authorship "Problem," Elizabethan Era

William Shakespeare on the Web:  An About.Com Annotated Guide; includes Shakespeare Illustrated, The Folger Shakespeare Library, The Elizabethan Theatre,  The Authorship Controversy, and a Shakespearian Glossary.

Shakey's place: The 3D Globe Theatre Internet Experience

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