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Web Resources on Elizabeth

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Many of the links on this page can also be found on the following website:

Elizabeth I: Ruler and Legend
http://www.newberry.org/elizabeth/
This is the website for the original exhibit at the Newberry Library, upon which this traveling exhibition is based. 

 

General Resources

• Kings and Queens of England
  http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page46.asp
  This site gives a short biography of Elizabeth and links to the text of a speech she gave to troops at Tilbury.  Users can also read about other members of the Tudor family and download a family tree.

• Tudor England: 1485 – 1603
  http://englishhistory.net/tudor.html
  This site contains biographies, historical overviews, portraits and primary sources for the entire Tudor era.  Visitors can also take quizzes about their knowledge of Tudor England and find a list of Tudor-themed movies.

• TudorHistory.org
  http://www.tudorhistory.org/
  Contains a wealth of information about Tudor England, including biographies, film and TV references, electronic texts and resources for students.

• Tudor Portraits
  http://www.tudor-portraits.com/
  Portraits and other works of art from the Tudor and Elizabethan eras.

• Modern History Sourcebook: Queen Elizabeth I of England, Selected Writing and Speeches
  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/elizabeth1.html
  Includes the text of Elizabeth’s speeches to Parliament on her marriage, religion, and her farewell speech.

• Renaissance Literature
  http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/
  Renaissance literature site with links to works by all the prominent authors of the period, including Queen Elizabeth.  Includes her selections from her poetry, speeches and letters.  Also has extensive bavkground information on Renaissance life and culture.

• Queen Elizabeth I
  http://www.elizabethi.org/us/
  Articles on Elizabethan life, biographies of key figures, and resources for students.

• Renaissance: The Elizabethan World
  http://renaissance.dm.net/ -- This resource no longer exists 11-19-2010.
  Links to many other Renaissance resources on the internet.

• The Elizabethan Era
  http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/index.htm
  Contains many articles and links to information about Elizabethan daily life, politics, and the Tudors.

• The Mary Rose
  http://www.maryrose.org/
  The website of a Tudor warship sunk in 1545 and now raised and on exhibit as a museum.

 

Daily Life

• Elizabethan Costuming Page
  http://costume.dm.net/
  An informative site on Renaissance costume and dress, fabrics, and cosmetics. 

• A Compendium of Common Knowledge
  http://renaissance.dm.net/compendium/ -- This resource no longer exists 11-19-2010.
  Contains short definitions of common Elizabethan words and customs.

• Boke of Gode Cookery
  http://www.godecookery.com/goderec/goderec.htm
  Medieval and Renaissance recipes in their original formats and transcribed for modern cooks.

• Shakespeare’s Life and Times
  http://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/Library/SLT/intro/introsubj.html
  Thorough site with articles about society, culture, and history in the time of Elizabeth.

• “Proper” Elizabethan Accents
  http://www.renfaire.com/Language/index.html
  How to pronounce Elizabethan English.

• Tyburn Tree: Public Execution in Early Modern England
  http://www.evergreen.loyola.edu/~cmitchell/
  Information and resources on a grisly but common aspect of Elizabethan culture: public executions.

• Elizabethan Card Games
  http://www2.nau.edu/~wew/Tattershall-tb/cards.html
  Contains an overview and history of some common Elizabethan games.

• Flowers for an Elizabethan Garden
  http://www.goldenacorn.net/garden/
  Information on the types and uses of plants commonly grown during the Elizabethan period.

• Museum of Garden History
  http://www.gardenmuseum.org.uk/
  History of the knot garden, a common layout for formal house gardens during sixteenth century.

• The Gardener’s Labyrinth
  http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/exhibns/month/may2001.html
  Exhibition of an Elizabethan book on gardening with description of common practices and several page images.  From University of Glasgow.

 

The Arts

• Timeline: Elizabethan England
  http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/liza/hd_liza.htm
  An overview and timeline illustrated with art objects from Renaissance England.  From the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

• The Elizabethan Theater
  http://www.uni-koeln.de/phil-fak/englisch/shakespeare/
  An illustrated lecture on the development of Elizabethan theater, covering dramas and playhouses.

• Elizabethan Authors
  http://www.elizabethanauthors.com/
  Texts and resources on a broad selection of Elizabethan writers.

 

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