Shakespeare's England

Life in Elizabethan England: A Compendium of Common Knowledge 1558-1603. 

 http://elizabethan.org/compendium/index.html

Topics include: 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 · Maps

 

Shakespeare's Resource Center

http://www.bardweb.net/england.html

This site contains a list of English History links from M. Pressley who has a B.F.A. in Theatre Arts and an M.A. in Writing, both from DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois.

BritainExpress: Elizabethan Life

http://www.britainexpress.com/History/Elizabethan_life.htm

Discussion of Elizabethan life with the following topics: high society, nobles and obligations, Elizabethan progresses, houses, meals, and literature. Theatre is covered in the third to last paragraph

Elizabethan England & World of Shakespeare: an Internet Hotlist

http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/listelizabetma1.html

Elizabethan Costume Page

http://www.elizabethancostume.net/

Costumes and Textiles

http://www.tudorlinks.com/textiles.html

Elizabethan Music: the Madrigal

http://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/Library/SLT/literature/elizabethan.html

Entertainment at Shakespeare's Globe Theater

http://www.nosweatshakespeare.com/resources/globe-theatre-entertainment.htm

Housewife’s Rich Cabinet: Remedies, Recipies and Helpful Hints –Folger Shakespeare Library

http://www.folger.edu/Content/Whats-On/Folger-Exhibitions/Past-Exhibitions/Housewifes-Rich-Cabinet/

 

ELIZABETH I (r. 1558-1603)       

An overview of Elizabeth I's reign from Great Britain's official site on the Monarchy.

http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page46.asp

This is the official web site of the British Monarchy. Written and managed by the Royal Household at Buckingham Palace, the site aims to provide an authoritative resource of information about the Monarchy and Royal Family, past and present.

Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603)

http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/eliza.htm

This is a compiliation of web pages devoted to Queen Elizabeth 1.

 

Don't forget to use the following databases:

Biography Resource Center

Literature Resource Center

Science Online- Facts on file

Oxford Art Online   Look for links for librarians - Tools and Resources- Timelines of World Art

Oxford Music Online