Related Web Sites

Tudor Web sites

http://englishhistory.net/tudor.html
"Tudor England from 1485-1603" includes biographies, images, and a good section of primary sources such as Anne Boleyn's speech before her execution, the last letter of Mary Queen of Scots, and poems, letters and speeches of Elizabeth I.

http://www.tudorhistory.org/
One of the best general web sites on the Tudor era in the "Tudor Web Ring," suitable for students as well as adults. Includes biographies of major figures, and sections on architecture, maps, genealogical trees, and primary sources available in electronic form, among others.

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

http://www.royal.gov.uk
Official Web site of the British monarchy with a good historical introduction.

http://elizabethtudor.150.com/Index.html
Site called "Gloriana: The Life and Reign of Elizabeth I." Includes quotes and excerpts from Elizabeth's speeches, and some good images.

Elizabethan art, literature, and music

http://web.uvic.ca/shakespeare/Library/SLTnoframes/intro/introsubj.html
"Shakespeare's Life and Times." This site emphasizes Shakespeare's life and work, but contains excellent sections on other aspects of Elizabethan life, including "The background of ideas," "The Drama," "The Supernatural," and "Literature, Art and Music." Links to listen to music of Elizabeth's time. Supported by the University of Victoria, Canada.

http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/
"16th Century Renaissance English Literature." An impressive web site with sections on most of the major authors of the period, with biographies, links to online works, essays and other sources for each. The section on Elizabeth I contains online poems, speeches and letters by her, essays and articles about her, an image gallery and bibliography. Links to essays and other sources on many other topics such as the Plague, science and medicine, religion and philosophy, exploration, and politics.

http://members.aol.com/ericblomqu/eliz.htm
Elizabethan sonneteers and their works, including Philip Sidney, Edmund Spenser, Walter Raleigh, and William Shakespeare.

http://e3.uci.edu/~papyri/camden/
The text of William Camden's history of Elizabeth's reign first published in 1615 (mentioned in the exhibit).

http://www.csupomona.edu/~jcclark/emusic/
"The Internet Renaissance Band." Midi files for Renaissance works, including those of William Byrd, John Dowland, Henry VIII, and other English composers.

http://www.midiworld.com/mw_byrd.htm
Biographical information and Midi audio files for most of William Byrd's work.

http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us/antiqua/instrumt.html
A guide to Medieval and Renaissance musical instruments with photographs and some recordings.

Other topics in Elizabethan culture (exploration, heraldry, costume, food, dance, games, gardens etc.)

http://renaissance.dm.net/
"Renaissance, the Elizabethan World." Section on heraldry. 70 pages of information about everyday life in Tudor England - food, occupations, Elizabethan Makeup 101, games, pastimes, religion, fashion, manners, attitudes, and education. Includes large downloadable maps of the Tudor era British Isles.

http://costume.dm.net/
"The Elizabethan Costuming Page." Comprehensive web site on Elizabeth clothing includes historical research, portraits, patterns, colors and fabrics, costume supplies, 16th century dress of other countries, and links to many more sites.

http://www2.hn.psu.edu/faculty/jmanis/hent_naun/hentzner_naunton.pdf
Text of two contemporary works by travelers in Elizabethan England.

http://www.fleurdelis.com/royal.htm
The evolution of the royal coats of arms of England.

http://www.mcn.org/2/oseeler/drake.htm
Web site devoted to Sir Francis Drake, and in particular his "Famous Voyage" - the circumnavigation of the world in the sixteenth century during the reign of Queen Elizabeth.

http://www.maryrose.org/
Explore in cyberspace one of Henry VIII's warships, which sank in 1545 and was raised from the ocean in the late 20th century.

http://www.gti.net/mocolib1/kid/foodfaq3.html#shakespeare
"Shakespeare's Food." Interesting web site about food in Shakespeare's works, what they ate at the Globe Theatre, with links to recipe pages.

http://www.godecookery.com/goderec/goderec.htm
Fascinating recipes from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance in England.

http://www.goldenacorn.net/garden/
"Flowers for an Elizabethan Garden," a compendium of knowledge about flowers of the Elizabethan age for modern gardeners.

http://www.cix.co.uk/~museumgh/garden.htm
Everything you wanted to know about Elizabethan knot gardens from the Lambeth Palace Museum of Garden History.

General English Renaissance Web sites

http://www.english.cam.ac.uk/ceres/
The Cambridge English Renaissance Electronic Service, a site for study, research and collaborative work on early Modern English manuscripts and the English Renaissance.

Miscellanea

http://www.godecookery.com/clipart/clart.htm
Clip art from Medieval and Renaissance woodcuts. Note guidelines for use.

Web sites with curriculum materials

http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=395
This lesson seeks to sensitize students to the complex nature of revenge as it is portrayed in Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. Students learn how Shakespeare's play interprets Elizabethan attitudes toward revenge, as reflected in the structure of the Elizabethan revenge tragedy, one of the most popular forms of drama of that era. Grades 9-12.

http://www.folger.edu/education/lesson.cfm?lessonid=76
"Recreating the Capulet's Feast," a lesson plan which uses scenes from Romeo and Juliet to teach students about Renaissance foods and feasting and to make a cookbook. Upper middle grades to high school.

http://www.writingco.com
A wide range of curriculum materials about Shakespeare and Elizabeth theater, but only available for purchase. The downloadable lesson plans seem inexpensive and convenient.

http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/exploring/randj/england/england.html
Site designed to "help educators to teach in, through and about the arts." Contains a concise history of Elizabethan England with many links to curriculum materials, especially relating to Shakespeare.

http://www.studentsfriend.com/aids/curraids/analysis/source/html#anchor2207916
Link contains a high school-level lesson plan for "source analysis" of the film Young Bess.

http://www.bctf.bc.ca/lessonaids/online/LA9245.html#activity6
The British Columbia Teachers' Federation Web site of classroom materials prepared by teachers for teachers. This specific link in the site contains a lesson plan with hand-outs to help high school students explore Queen Elizabeth I as a Renaissance ruler using library resources. Activity #7 is to learn about the wives of Henry VIII by drawing a family tree.

http://www.springfield.k12.il.us/schools/springfield/eliz/
A very nice web site on Elizabethan England created by high school students, with biographies, and essays on a variety of topics, such as Costumes and Sets in Shakespeare's Theatre, Musical Instruments, Crime and Punishment, and dozens more.

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