readysetresearch: Shakespeare & The Elizabethan Era: Elizabethan England

Queen Elizabeth I

Elizabeth I
A biography of Elizabeth I's turbulent life from the BBC.
Elizabeth I, Shakespeare's Patron
Shakespeare Online
Elizabeth I Biography
The Official Website of The British Monarchy's biography of Elizabeth I.

16th Century Renaissance English Literature (1485-1603)
Luminarium
Italian Renaissance Art
Encyclopedia of Art
La Renaissance
WebMuseum, Paris
The Myth of the Renaissance in Europe
BBC
Renaissance
Annenberg Lerner. Out of the Middle Ages; Exploration & Trade; Printing & Thinking; Symmetry, Shape, & Size; Focus on Florence
Renaissance Philosophy
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Elizabethan England
Shakespeare Resource Center
Eyewitness to History: The Middle Ages and Renaissance
All critical primary source documents
The Gunpowder Plot
BBC. November 5th is Guy Fawkes Day! Learn about this notorious day in history.
Key Features of Renaissance Culture
British Library
The Plague Epidemic, 1603-04
The Hungerford Virtual Museum's look at the Plague Epidemic.
Shakespeare and the Gunpowder Plot
Relating Shakespeare to Guy Fawkes, King James, and the Gunpowder Plot, as well as Macbeth.
Worst Diseases in Shakespeare's London
Shakespeare Online.

The Art & Architecture of the Elizabethan Style
Nicholls State University
Elizabethan Costuming
Elizabethan Costume Page. A look at what people wore in Elizabethan England. Includes an online dress-up doll.
The Elizabethan Hornbook
Includes the Elizabethan calendar, dining, money, manners, and the structure of society.
Key Features of Renaissance Culture
British Library
Life in Elizabethan England: A Compendium of Common Knowledge
A detailed look at all aspects of life in Elizabethan England.
The Poor in Elizabethan England
History Learning Site
Renaissance: The Elizabethan World
Elizabethan.org. One of the web's fullest, most documented Elizabethan resources.

James I
Official website of The British Monarchy's biography of James I
James I and VI (1566 - 1625)
BBC
Stuart England History
Britain Express
Tudors and Stuarts
Civil War and Revolution
BBC's look at the civil war and revolution that surrounded James I becoming king after the death of Elizabeth I, including the Gunpowder Plot.