ENG 306: Shakespeare (Martin Birky, Spring 2016): Websites

This blog is written and managed by Claire Ridgway, a full-time freelance writer, closet history lover, armchair historian and champion of the underdog, from England – land of the Tudors, Shakespeare,

'BeingBess' is dedicated to celebrating the life and legacy of Queen Elizabeth I of England (1533-1603) through research, first-person interpretation and multimedia.

A digital library containing some of the core printed primary and secondary sources for the medieval and modern history of the British Isles.

In depth web page containing information on Elizabethan clothing. A costume researchers dream for information on this era!

This website will give you information of daily life during the Elizabethan period in England. It covers Fashion, Crime, Torture, Theater, Arts and Culture, Family, Children, Family, Education, Medicine, and many other facts about the Elizabethan times. There is also given detailed information of Superstitions, Laws, and Religions of the period.

This website contains information on Elizabethan England, Elizabethan Times, Elizabethan Life, Elizabethan Period, Elizabethan Food, Elizabethan Age, The Spanish Armada, Queen Elizabeth I, Elizabethan Clothing, Elizabethan Theater, Elizabethan Sports, Elizabethan Music, Old Elizabethan Recipes, The Age of Exploration, and an Elizabethan Dictionary.

A list of links to primary sources from the Elizabethan period which you will find useful for researching Elizabeth I’s life, reign and Elizabethan times.

This website provides interesting as well as educational information on the life and times of Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603). It is intended to be suitable for web-users of all ages and academic ability, and therefore some of the more complex issues of the Queen's reign may appear to have been superficially treated.

Free e-books covering the Tudor period.

This is an extraordinary and free searchable online book covering many subjects on life in Elizabethan England. This online book includes information on games, money, weddings, food, occupations, fashions, and much more.

Contains original texts and information about authors from the Medieval period through the Restoration.

Find out about the life of Queen Mary of Scotland who was Elizabeth's cousin and who had her imprisoned and finally executed.

The UK government's official archive, containing 900 years of history with records ranging from parchment and paper scrolls through to digital files and archived websites.

An online repository of works printed in English between the years 1477 and 1799.

Can't keep six wives straight? Use their Tudor family tree to see Henry VIII's marital history at a glance. Then, dig into the wives's love lives, their relations with Henry VIII, closet secrets and places where the memories of these six fascinating women live on.

A fun blog that contains the Tudor family trees, quizzes, clothing, facts, maps of early London and much more. This is an all around fun site and I think you will enjoy it!

An entertaining website with extensive resources under the Language and Pronunciation section for Elizabethan language including: pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, forms of address, insults, cursing, and songs of the times.

This website is a resource for William Shakespeare's plays, sonnets, poems, quotes, biography and the legendary Globe Theatre.

This website contains the Folger's Digital Image Collection. It offers online access to over 26,000 images from the Folger Shakespeare Library collection, including books, theater memorabilia, manuscripts, art, and more. Images are available in high resolution and users can show multiple images side-by-side, zoom in and out to see fine detail, and more.

Taken from the Folger Shakespeare Library editions offering free, high-quality digital texts of Shakespeare's plays: easy to read, search, index and download.

This website is a treasure trove of information on Shakespeare and the Elizabethan Era. The section Life and Times on this website contains information on Shakespeare’s Life and Times, including information on Life, Stage, Society, History, Drama, Literature, Plays, and Reference resources.

It is the goal of Open Source Shakespeare to be the best free Web site containing Shakespeare's complete works. It is intended for scholars, thespians, and Shakespeare lovers of every kind. OSS includes the 1864 Globe Edition of the complete works, which was the definitive single-volume Shakespeare edition for over a half-century.

This website contains a list of recommended print materials for you to read, and online resources/materials about Shakespeare. The website includes general information and additional web links on Shakespeare, Shakespeare in film, Shakespeare’s language, Shakespeare in performance, primary sources, and Technology.

The world’s leading charity in promoting the works, life and times of William Shakespeare and offer a unique Shakespeare centered experience with outstanding archive and library collections, inspiring educational and literary event programs and five wonderful houses all directly relating to Shakespeare.

A collection of web links to help you find information on William Shakespeare. There are millions of pages that reference Shakespeare on the Internet. This website aims to make it a little easier to find your sources. The website includes Shakespeare's Biography, Shakespeare's Works, Shakespeare's Language, Shakespeare's Will, The Globe Theatre and information on Elizabethan England.

The Globe Theatre is a faithful reconstruction of the open-air playhouse, first built in 1599, where Shakespeare worked and for which he wrote many of his greatest plays. The site includes educational and research resources.

Serving the academic community, is an edited and moderated, international, e-mail distribution list for discussion among Shakespearean scholars, researchers, instructors, students, and anyone sharing their academic interests and concerns.

An assortment of information on Shakespeare's plays, theater, sonnets, folio, facts, quotes and more!