Renaissance Research Resources

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Websites

Life in Elizabethan England-A Compendium of Common Knowledge http://renaissance.duelingmodems.com/compendium/home.html  (updated 4/2/08) Includes information on games, food, money, religion, language, weddings, masters & servants, occupations, ·The Peers, London, fashion, children, household management, pastimes, names, the Queen's suitors, education, Christmas, heraldry, and maps.

Renaissance: The Elizabethan World - Related Sites

The Luminarium: 16th Century Renaissance English Literature http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/renaissanceinfo.htm History, Politics, Economy, Trade, Exploration, Royalty, Religion, Philosophy, Science & Medicine, The Plague, Magic, Witchcraft, Supernatural, Role of Women,Art, Music, Theater, Dance,Architecture, Costume, Printing, & Food

The Shakespeare Resource Center http://www.bardweb.net/ This site includes information and additional links on the following topics: The Man|The Works|Bill's Will|Authorship Debate|The Globe|Elizabethan England|Language|

Renaissance Links on the WWW http://www.twingroves.district96.k12.il.us/Renaissance/GeneralFiles/RenLinksGen.html  This site provides info on the following topics:  Art|Architecture|Daily Life|Heraldry|Law|Literature |Medicine|Music & Dance|Myths & Legends|Religion| Science & Math

Elizabethan England in the Time of Romeo & Juliet http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/schools/wjhs/mediactr/englishpathfinder/romeo/  This high school pathfinder site includes links to the topics below:

Map Making (Cartography)
The Church of England 
(the Anglican Church)
Scientists of the Times
Galileo, Copernicus,
Newton, Descartes, 
Sir Walter Raleigh, 
Tycho Brahe, William Harvey
Figure from Literature:  Christopher Marlow

Learn about Style: Renaissance - This museum website explores various art from the period. http://www.vam.ac.uk/vastatic/microsites/british_galleries/bg_styles/Style01a/index.html

Renaissance Resources (Jack Lynch-Rutger's University) http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/ren.html

The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust http://shakespeare.org.uk/ Contains information on Shakespeare's Life.

Mr. Shakespeare & The Internet http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/

The Life & Times section has good info including primary source documents, links on Elizabethan Era, the Black Death, Elizabeth I, currency, the Globe Theater and much, much more.

The Globe Theater - A Virtual Tour brought to you by Clemson University http://virtual.clemson.edu/caah/shakespr/VRGLOBE/index.php

Encyclopędia Britannica's Guide to Shakespeare

The Encyclopaedia Britannica's Guide to Shakespeare includes many links to topics including:

bullet The Bard
bullet Chronology
bullet Elizabethan World
bullet Elizabethan Theatre
bullet Since Shakespeare's Time
bullet Multimedia
bullet Internet Guide

Updated 4/02/08