Elizabethan England
Teacher Resources

Here are some sources on Elizabethan England or The English Ranaissance (1558-1603) on the Internet. Welcome to the Internet School Library Media Center (ISLMC), a web-based meta-site for educators. This is a preview site where busy librarians, teachers, parents and students can view selected sites. Please stop by the home page at ISLMC. You can search this site or use a site map.

[General Resources] [The Monarchy] [Arts & Letters] [Health & Medicine] [Folklore] [Military History] [Law] [Social Life and Customs] [Education] [Economic Life] [Architecture] [Religion] [Language] [The Jews in England] [History] [Lesson Plans]

General Resources

A Compendium of Common Knowledge
Well balanced review of aspects of Elizabethan life. Must visit.
Everyday Life in Renaissance England
Peasants, craftsmen and merchants, guyilds, life in the town,
bibliography
Shakespeare Resource Center - Elizabethan England
Internet Modern History Sourcebook: The Early Modern West
Historical documents. Includes the following:
Queen Elizabeth I of England. Selected Documents
Elizabeth I: Against The Spanish Armada, 1588
Description of Elizabethan England, 1577
Elizabethan Life
Peasant Life in Elizabethan England
Essay by Richard Foss; from Guild of St. Ives
Elizabethan England Teacher Resources
Elizabeth England
Student project from Springfield High School
Greenwich 2000
Best known for the Greenwich Meridian but birthplace of Henry VIII
and Elizabeth I. Site features information on architects, astronomers,
monarchs, sailors, writers and history.
The Last Letter of Mary, Queen of Scots
In English or French with historical background;
from National Library of Scotland
Virtual Renaissance

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The Monarchy

The British Monarchy
Official site. History of monarchy, royal speeches, Kings and Queens;
Royal palaces and estates; Accession, coronation and succession;
photo sources; press releases; your questions answered.
Kings & Queens of England
See House of Tudor for Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward VI, Jane,
Mary I, Elizabeth I. From The British Monarchy site
Tudor History
Henry VII, Henry VIII, The Six Wives of Henry VIII,
Edward VI, Jane Grey, Mary I, Elizabeth I.
Elizabeth I (1533-1603)
Quotes; her life; her works; essays and articles; image gallery; other sources
Elizabeth I
Biography from Tudor History
Elizabeth I : British Monarchs
Biography from Encyclopedia Britannica
Tudor England and Wales. People and Events
Includes Henry VII through Elizabeth
Elizabeth I's Speech to her Last Parliament

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Arts & Letters

LitWeb: Index of the Literature of the English Renaissance and Early 17th Century
Links to Early Modern Humanities Sites
Links to online collections, libraries and other resources
Labyrinth Library : Middle English
Online books, anthologies, drama from the period
Elizabethan Music: The Madrigal
Elizabethan Arts & Architecture
Architecture; decorative armor; Hampton Court Palace; History of
Elizabethan Architecture; King James Bible; the London Bridge;
musical instruments; St. Paul's Cathedral; tapestry.
From Springield Public Schools

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Health & Medicine

Medieval Technology Pages - Population Estimates
Elizabethan England. Plague
Ian Jessiman: The Plague, England and Loughborough 1539-1640 (Abstract)
The Plague, England and Loughborough 1539-1640
Page from Ian Jessiman

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Folklore

Sixteenth Century Ballads
Online texts; historical information

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Military History

A Study Guide for Elizabethan-Jacobean England: Warfare and Weaponry: 1558-1642
Drake, Hawkins and the Armada

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Law

Medieval England and Wales. Medieval Towns
Law enforcement, sancutary, the curfew bell, fire
Historicus Indicium
Tyburn Tree : Public Execution in Early Modern England
William Marshall : Draft of a Poor Law (1536)

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Social Life and Customs

Medieval England and Wales. Medieval Towns
Information on various aspects of life. Earlier period than the Tudors
Tudor England
Life under Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward, Mary and Elizabeth.
Includes the dissolution of the monasteries
Elizabeth I and Elizabethan Life in England
Nobility, new merchant class, food, homes and interiors, literature
Primary Resources for the Study of Duelling and Fencing
Elizabethan Christmas Customs
Holiday Plants
Medieval Recipes Includes Christmas menu
Medieval and Anglo Saxon Recipes
Medieval Cookbooks - An Annotated Bibliography
Elizabethan Costuming Page
Elizabethan Arts
Elizabethan costume; from Elizabethan Arts, commercial site
Elizabethan Homebrewing
Elizabethan Clothing

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Education

Edmund Coote's The English Schoole-Maister (1596)
Online book from University of Toronto

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Economic Life

Medieval Technology Pages
Medival Technology Pages - Timeline
Catholic Encyclopedia: Guilds
Renaissance Guilds. Guild Information Packet
Medieval England And Wales. Medieval Towns
Includes information about guilds and crafts
Development of Craft Guilds
Thomas Tusser's 500 Points of Husbandrie (1557)
Jowett Variations One Name Study: The Clothiers of Bradford
Trade Products in Early Modern History
Includes some information on the late sixteenth century
Currency Values in Elizabethan England

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Architecture

Gothic Architecture: England

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Religion

The Tudor Church
Religious Expression in Elizabethan England
Internet Modern History Sourcebook: The Early Modern West. The English and Scottish Reformation
Primary resource documents

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Language

Re Faire: Elizabethan Accents
Patterweb. Early Modern English Dictionaries Database Search Utility

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The Jews in England

Internet Jewish History Sourcebook
Medieval Sourcebook: Medieval Jewish Life. Jews and the State
Under England, you will find late twelfth century English
Jewish charters from Kings Richard I and John

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History

English History nd Heritage Guide

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Lesson Plans

Elizabethan England
Lesson plan prior to reading Shakespeare

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