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- William Camden's Annales Rerum
Anglicarum et Hibernicarum Regnante Elizabetha, in Latin and English,
at Dana F. Sutton's The Philological Museum.
- Alciato's Book
of Emblems, the Internet Memorial Edition in Latin and
English.
- Natural Magick
(1584), a hypertext version of the treatise by
Gamopetalous della Porta (John Baptist Porta) that
ranged the length and breadth of sixteenth century
science.
- The English Emblem Book Project
at the University of Pennsylvania has online editions of nine early modern emblem books.
- A Description of England
by William Harrison, from Holinshed's Chronicles.
- The Prices and
Rates that euerye perticuler person ovveth to pay for his fayre or passage,
vnto Watermen or Whyrrymen from Londő to Grauesende, and likewise from
Grauesende to London..., c. 1555, from Jeff Lee.
- A Letter from the Queen's Majestie to the Lord
Mayor of London, 1586, also from Jeff Lee.
- A Display of Heraldrie by John Guillim (1611), transcribed for the web by Paul Grant.
- Facsimile Pages of
Hall's and Holinshed's Chronicles at The Schoenberg Center for Electronic Text &
Image at the University of Pennsylvania.
- The Image of Irelande
by John Derrick (London, 1581) - all the woodcuts, online, at Edinburgh University.
- Castiglione's The Book of the Courtier translated by Sir Thomas Hoby (1561) at Google Books.
- Period Documents Online at Duncan's Cavalier Pages (some Elizabethan texts).
- Elizabethan Authors features period texts in original and modern spelling, plus essays and other resources.
- A London Provisoner's Chronicle, 1550–1563, by Henry Machyn: Manuscript, Transcription, and Modernization , commonly known as the Diary of Henry Machyn, as searchable hypertext with original spelling and modern translation.
- Sixteenth Century
Renaissance English Literature: Background Information,
an astonishingly wide-ranging scholarly site at Luminarium.
- Elizabeth I at
Luminarium. Poems, speeches and other
Works, image
gallery, biography, essays.
- Shake
Loose the Border,
the Anglo-Scottish border in the sixteenth century, from
Legends.
- Tudor England, an introductory survey by Lara E. Eakins, with sections on the monarchs,
Tudor architecture, films, and a bibliography.
- A General Study of the Plague in England, 1539-1640. .
- The English Calendar by Ian MacInnes does calculations for days of the week, ecclesiastical
dates, regnal dates, and old style-new style conversions. Watch the Regnal Year calculations; they assume the year begins January 1.
- The Voice of the
Shuttle's English Renaissance Links Page.
- Elizabethan Heraldry, part of Renaissance, with essays,
primary documents, blazons of arms, and online links.
- The Elizabethan Review,
a scholarly journal devoted to publishing new research on
Shakespeare and the English Renaissance.
- Shakespeare Studies Links at Central
Michagan University covers Shakespeare, Elizabethan theatre, and the period in general.
- Wrong Side of the River: London's disreputable South Bank in the sixteenth and seventeenth century [Word .doc], a long article by Jessica A. Browner of the University of Virginia. New URL.
- Le Poulet Gauche, a guide to the history, culture, and
daily life of 16th century France, from the troupe of the same name.
- Shakespeare's
Life and Times by Michael Best, from the Internet Shakespeare Editions.
- Tudor England 1485-1603.
- An Early Modern Holiday Calendar
for England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales by Prof. Kristen McDermott, Central Michigan University
cover ecclesiastical and folk rituals.
- Tyburn Tree: Public Execution in Early Modern England
- Herbal
Medicine in Shakespeare's England from Dr. John Hall's Case Studies.
- Winter Fool, Summer Queen:
Shakespeare's Folklore and the English Holiday Cycle, an essay by
Kristen McDermott at the Endicott Studio.
- The Hierarchy of the Elizabethan Court
- Tudors.org is a website for scholars, students and enthusiasts of Tudor history.
- Manners and Courtesy Through the Ages, including the Elizabethan era.
- Calendar of State Papers Foreign, Elizabeth, Volumes 1-23 (1558-1589), at British History Online.
- Ingatestone Hall, the 1566 home of Sir William Petre.
- New Year'’s Gifts for Queen Elizabeth
- The Elizabethan Portrait Site by
Edward Buehler.
- Elizabeth I at Luminarium
includes her life, works, essays, and an image gallery.
- 16th Century Renaissance English Literature
at Luminarium includes individual pages on writers of the period.
- Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester,
part of ElizabethI.org.
- Who's Who in Tudor History,
with portraits and short biographies.
- Elizabethan Images,
portraits of Elizabeth I.
- Weiss Gallery, London, specializing in Tudor and Stuart
portraiture, has many otherwise unpublished images.
- Portraiture of Elizabeth I of England, at Wikipedia, and Images of Elizabeth I at Wikimedia Commons.
- The
Elizabethan Costuming Homepage. An essential page
for Elizabethan costumers, lovingly laid out by Drea Leed.
- Elizabethan Sumptuary Statutes,
transcribed by Maggie Secara, here at Renaissance.
- The Renaissance Tailor, an extensive site with primary source tests and period patterns and methods of construction.
- 1550-1600 in Fashion at Wikipedia.
- Elizabethan Costume: History and
Technique at Margo Anderson's One
Tough Costumer, which also features Guidelines for the Bad
Elizabethan Costume Contest.
- Scottish Clothing for Men
and For Women
at Medieval Scotland.
- Irishwomen's
Dress, documented Irish clothes of the sixteenth century
including the Shirone Gown, now in the National
Museum of Ireland, Dublin; part of Reconstructing
History.
- The Blackwork
Embroidery Archives, original patterns inspired by period sources,
from the designer of Renaissance.
- The Costume Site,
Online Costuming Sources for Historical, Science Fiction
and Fantasy Costumers.
-
Visitors' Costume Guide from the
Heart of the Forest Renaissance Faires. More traditional Renaissance Faire
theatrical guidelines based on Elizabethan Costuming by Janet Winter and Carolyn Savoy.
- To
Make a Beautiful Color, an introduction to
trade (commercial) dyes of the sixteenth century by Gwyn
Carnegie at her Obscure References pages..
- Footwear
of the Middle Ages, a history of the development of footwear and
shoemaking techniques up to the end of the sixteenth century, by I. Marc Carlson.
- The Ultimate Guide to Online Renaissance Resources
, from Star Costumes, has lots of usefukl links.
- Sixteenth Century
Renaissance English Literature, at Luminarium.
- The
Voice of the Shuttle links page - search on "Renaissance". Highly recommended! .
- Renaissance Literature Links
by Jack Lynch.
- Mr. William Shakespeare
and the Internet, includes renaissance resources, educational material,
and other goodies.
- The Complete Works of
William Shakespeare at MIT.
- Shakespeare's
Plays in their original draft spellings, from
Internet Shakespeare Editions.
- A Shakespearian
Grammar by Edwin Abbott Abbott (1879).
- The Shakespeare Resource Center
edited by J. M. Pressley.
- Shakespearean Prompt-Books of the
Seventeenth Century, electronic editions at the University of Virginia.
- Shakespeare's Stories,
at Legends.
- King Lear, the
complete text with Quarto and Folio variations and linked annotations, from
Dr. Larry A. Brown at David Lipscomb University.
- Elizabethan Authors:
Texts, Resources, and Authorship Studies, a collection of drama, satire, poetry and fiction,
with glossaries and notes; a collaborative effort by Robert Brazil & Barboura Flues.
- The Complete Works
of Christopher Marlowe, part of the Perseus
Project at Tufts University.
- The Edmund Spenser Home
Page, edited by Richard Bear.
- Renascence
Editions, An Online Repository of Works Printed in English Between the Years 1477 and 1799. [Membership required.]
- The English School-maister
by Edmund Coote (1596).
- The Philological Museum,
an amazing collection of sixteenth and seventeenth century hypertexts in Latin and English,
from Dana F. Sutton at the University of California, Irvine.
- The Duchess of
Malfi by John Webster, the complete text, with Notes and Commentary by Dr.
Larry A. Brown, professor of theater, Nashville, Tennessee.
- Thomas Nashe, R. Lamb's
site with criticism, works, timeline, patrons, and other good stuff.
- Biographical Index of English Drama Before 1660
by David J. Kathman.
- Elizabethan Authors features period texts in original and modern spelling, plus essays and other resources.
- Elizabethan Food,
a page of references and links for students, with recipes and bibliography, from
Cindy Renfrew.
- The Medieval and
Renaissance Food Page, from Greg Lindahl.
- Medieval
and Renaissance Brewing Home Page, also from Greg Lindahl.
- Elizabethan Brewing,
an extended essay on ingredients and techniques by Paul Placeway.
- Food Heritage Press,
purveyors of historic cookery books.
- Fooles and Fricassees:
Food in Shakespeare's England, from the Folger.
- The Housewife's Rich Cabinet:
Remedies, Recipes, and Helpful Hints, from the Folger.
- The Music of
Thomas Ravenscroft, from Greg Lindahl.
- Sixteenth Century
Ballads and A Short
Note on Sixteenth Century Child Ballads, also from Greg Lindahl.
- Playford's
The Dancing Master
Or, plain and easie Rules for the Dancing of Country Dances,
with the Tune to each Dance.
The HTML version by Jeff Lee.
- A Guide to
Medieval and Renaissance Instruments at Iowa State University, and
a collection of links to Early
Music Resources on the Web.
- Sixteenth-Century Printed Tablatures for the Lute, Guitar, and Vihuela at Appalachian State University.
- The Schoole of Musicke
by Thomas Robinson, 1603. An HTML version by Jeff Lee.
- The First Book of English Madrigals
by John Wilbye (1598). Also from Jeff Lee.
- English Ballad Archive, 1500-1800.
Samuel Pepys' ballad collection, at the University of Santa Barbara, with facsimile images,
transcriptions, and notes.
- List of Music Facsimile Books
- Instrument Guide to period music from the Night Watch, with images and audio files. New !
[Some of these are commercial sites]
- Jeff Lee's Computer Typography
features several free fonts with long S's, ligatures, and other period details,
plus a utility for converting modern text.
- Scriptorium offers
a wide range of fonts based on historic calligraphy (many of their fonts are used on this site).
- Walden Font Company offers historical
fonts for creating period-look documents, including one based on Shakespeare's handwriting.
- Pia Frauss' Fonts includes a selection of fonts based on 15th and 16th century manuscripts.
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