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What's New?
Bookmark this page to catch the latest from Renaissance: The Elizabethan World.
- 16 March 2009
- The Examination of Mary Queen of Scots transcribed (with updated spelling and paragraphing) from the History of the Life of Mary Queen of Scots, printed in 1681.
- 8 August 2008
- Managing a Noble Household: A Book of Orders and Rules, 1595 for the "better direction and government of my household and family, together with the several duties and charges appertaining to mine officers and other servants" by Anthony Maria Browne, 2nd Viscount Montague.
- 24 April 2008
- Introducing A Compendium of Common Knowledge version 9, the Spring 2008 edition with new pages on ale, marriage, Christmas, and more.
- 5 August 2006
- Bookmark our new URL http://www.elizabethan.org
There are also new and updated links on our
Renaissance Sites page.
- 1 August 2005
- New and Improved! A Compendium of Common Knowledge, version 8, the
newly expanded Summer 2005 edition with new pages and updated illustrations throughout.
- 15 February 2004
- Find new and updated links on our
Renaissance Sites page.
- 10 December 2002
- New in the Compendium:
Keeping Christmas.
- 15 July 2001
- New in the Compendium:
More Wedding Customs.
- 14 July 2001
- Elizabethan Sumptuary
Statutes includes an introduction to sumptuary laws by
Maggie Secara, with annotated transcriptions of the statutes themselves.
- 10 June 2001
- New on our Renaissance Sites page -
see People and Portraits to find online portrait galleries and
biographies of greater and lesser Elizabethans.
See our updated Search page, using
Google.
- 9 June 2001
- If you've had trouble downloading the printable
Compendium of Common Knowledge 1558-1603, try
our updated Adobe Acrobat version.
- 4 February 2001
- We've added two new primary texts in Elizabethan Heraldry:
Orders to be
observed and kept by the Officers of Armes made
by the high and mighty Prince Thomas Duke of
Norfolke Earle Marischall of England Anno 1568.
Rights and Duties of Garter King of Arms
excerpted from Constitutions of the Officers of the Order of the Garter,
14 Hen. VIII [1522-3] (in translation)
- 29 July 2000
- We've restructured and expanded our
Renaissance Sites page - look for great new
links on Gardening and Husbandry, Literature and Drama,
and Wordplay - Names and Language.
- 9 January 2000
- In Heraldry, we've added a comprehensive list of the Officers of the College of Arms in the Reign of Elizabeth I.
- 26 November 1999
- We've added new links to our Renaissance Sites page
on France in the sixteenth century and renaissance gardens in England, as well
as a new link to the Shakespeare Resource center.
- 5 September 1999
- We've added lots of new links to our Renaissance Sites page,
including sources for period calligraphic fonts.
- 1 May 1999
- Exclusively at
Renaissance - The Trial of the Earls of Essex and Southampton, 1601, edited and annotated for the web from the 1679
edtion by Maggie Secara, decorated by Paula Kate Marmor.
- 15 November 1998
- You'll find a passel of new and updated links
in Renaissance Sites, courtesy
John Neitz.
- 30 August 1998
- We've found a great new site with primary-source
information on sixteenth century Irish Costume. See
Women's Leine
at Reconstructing History.
- 20 August 1998
- New in the Compendium:
Dinner at
Cowdray House, 1595 illustrates the pomp
surrounding formal dining in the late
Elizabethan Age. This new page has also been added
to the printable files.
- 18 August 1998
- You asked for it! You can now
download the
Compendium of Common Knowledge 1558-1603 as a
single file suitable for printing, with the maps
and illustrations included.
- 24 April 1998
- We've added a
third page to
our Primer of Blazonry. Here are more common
features of Elizabethan heraldry.
- 20 April 1998
- We've added a even more links on our
Renaissance Sites page,
from the works of Phillip Sidney to an essay on the
South Bank. Check it out!
- 16 April 1998
- In our new section
Elizabethan Heraldry,
John Neitz, our new herald-in-residence, explores Heralds and Heraldry
in Elizabethan England, and presents the blazons of the Arms of
the peers and gentry, with full-color illustrations by Paula Kate Marmor.
We've also included A Primer of Blazonry, a visual introduction
to heraldry.
- 12 March 1998
- We've added a number of links on the
Renaissance Sites page.
We've also added the large Map
of Scotland & the Borders, as promised.
- 20 February 1998
- New in the
Compendium, a Map
of Scotland & the Borders (a large-scale map for printing is
coming soon!).
- 18 February 1998
- Explore A
Compendium of Common Knowledge 1558-1603,
Elizabethan Commonplaces for Writers, Actors, and
Re-Enactors.
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