ELIZABETHAN ENGLAND & THE WORLD OF SHAKESPEARE

ELIZABETHAN ENGLAND & THE WORLD OF SHAKESPEARE
An Internet Hotlist on ELIZABETHAN ENGLAND & SHAKESPEARE

created by Marilyn Abramowitz
Mineola High School Library

Introduction
Check out the print resources in the library by searching the OPAC. Then, consult the online databases. For additional information, try the links below. *New links may be added to this site, so check back often.

The Internet Resources

Megasites on His Life,Times, Wife, Stratford & more

*Shakespeare's Life & Times - His life, the stage, Elizabethan society, history & politics, criticism of works & more
Absolute Shakespeare -
Anne Hathaway - Correspondence - Letters between Anne & Mouse (wife of Edward Burbage)
Discover Shakespeare - Folter Shakespeare Library
Electronic Shakespeare - Resources for researchers
Illuminating William Shakespeare - Excerpts from 'Shakespeare: A Life' by Park Honan
Life & Times of William Shakespeare - Timeline, biography & works
Mr. William Shakespeare & the Internet - His life & times,works,theatre,criticism,Renaissance,& more
Shakespeare Online - Lots of good info
Shakespeare Resource Center - The man,his works,play synopses,the Globe,Elizabethan Eng,authorship debate & more
Shakespeare Searched - a search engine designed to provide quick access to passages from Shakespeare's plays and sonnets
Shakespeare: Chill With Will - The man, his works, commentary & more
ShakespeareNet - Explanations of main characters, Act summaries, historical info, etc.
Stratford-Upon-Avon: 1196-1996 - History of the town
Surfing With the Bard - Shakespeare Classroom Resource Ctr - His life, works, & much more (especially for students)
The Background of Ideas - some of the debates and ideas that Shakespeare & his contemporaries read & discussed
The Seven Ages of Shakespeare's Life -
The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust - About Shakespeare, his homes & more
Wm Shakespeare: His Life in Context - Biograhy & places associated with him, family & others

Elizabeth I/Elizabethan England & Plague

The English Alehouse 1200-1830 -
*Life in Elizabethan England (Compendium) - Info on: education,fashion,children,money,masters&servants, occupations,food & more
Cambridge History of Eng & Amer Lit - Scroll down to Chap XIV for info on Eliz I & Eliz. England
Childhood in Elizabethan England -
Contesting Cultural Norms: Education of Women -
Crime and the Law -
Currency Values In Elizabethan England -
Educating Shakespeare - School Life in Elizabethan England -
Elizabeth I - Tudor History site
Elizabethan Costume: History & Technique -
Elizabethan England - Info on: historical figures & events, everyday life, art & architecture, Shakespeare & his Theatre, etc.
Elizabethan Food & Dining -
Elizabethan Life - Info on: nobility, house design & interiors, meals, literature & recreation, etc.
Elizabethan Period Costumes -
Elizabethan Sports -
Food inTudor England -
Hairstyles of the Elizabethan Period -
Herbal Medicine in Shakespeare's England -
Historic Royal Profiles: Elizabeth I -
Huswifery - a housewife's duties et al
Life of Women in Tudor England -
Medieval England: Daily Life in Towns -
Medieval and Renaissance Food -
Men's Fashion During the Elizabethan Period -
Outlaws and Highwaymen - The history of the Highwaymen and their predecessors, the Medieval Outlaws
Peasant Life in Elizabethan England -
Pictures of the Plague -
Plague -
Public Execution in Early Modern England -
Queen Elizabeth I -
The Black Death -
The Black Death, 1348 -
The Black Death: Bubonic Plague -
The Education of Girls -
The Form of Solemnization of Matrimony, from The Book of Common Prayer -
The Great Plague -
The Life & Times of Queen Elizabeth I - Click on 'Contents' for info on: Eliz I, the Church, women, power & gov't, Europe, who was who & more
The Plague -
Tudor Dress - a portfolio of images
Wm Marshall: Draft of a Poor Law (1536) - Gov't attitude toward the 'Poor'
Women's Fashions of the Elizabethan Period -

Globe Theatre/Actors & Writers/Related info

Cambridge History of Eng & Amer Lit: Marlowe & Kyd(chap VII), Lesser Elizabethan dramatists (chap XIII) - Writers: forerunners & contemporaries of Shakespeare
Elizabethan Theatre - From the reign of Henry VII to the death of Elizabeth
Globe Theatre -
Shakespeare & His Theatre -
Shakespeare in the Theater - Devoted to records of the performance of Shakespeare - both historical & modern productions
Shakespeare's Globe -
Shakespeare's Globe & performances -
Shakespeare's Globe Online -
Shakespeare's Stage - Info on: staging, costumes, actors & acting (incl. Lord Chamberlain's Men), the audiences & more
Shakespeare: Performance - Plays, films, actors, history, etc.
Shakey's Place: The 3D Globe - Theater research & collaboration site
The Elizabethan Theatre - A lecture by Hilda D. Spear

Works,Criticism,Guides & more

A Note on Shakespeare's Sonnets -
Cambridge History of Eng & Amer Lit: Uncertain Authorship Attributed to Shakespeare(chap X) -
Complete Plays of Shakespeare - ability to search within a play for specific lines
Complete Works of Shakespeare -
EXPLORING HAMLET - Hotlist of links to info & criticism of the play
Romeo & Juliet - who was to blame - A guide to characterization in Romeo & Juliet
STUDYING MACBETH -
STUDYING OTHELLO - hotlist
Shakespeare & Anti-Semitism: The Question of Shylock - Essay
Shakespeare & His Critics - Documents on Ophelia, Hamlet, Shylock, performance & other writers
Shakespeare Bookshelf -
Shakespeare Illustrated - Explores 19th century paintings, criticism & productions of Shakespeare's plays, & their influences on one another
Shakespeare Theme Page -
Shakespeare in Europe -
Shakespeare's Life & Plays, Poems... - Life & Plays (chap VIII), Poems (chap IX), Info on Text (chap XI), His impact on Europe (chap XII)
Shakespeare's Monologues -
Shakespeare's Plays & Poems in Audio and Video -
Shakespeare's Sources in the Histories - Re: his historical plays
Shakespeare's Unruly Women - About his heroines and other female characters
Shakespeare; or, The Poet -
Shakespearean Tragedy - The tragic hero, story, etc.
Surfing With the Bard - His Plays -

Authorship Debate

An Authorship Analysis: Francis Bacon as Shakespeare -
Bacon Is Shakespeare -
Shakespeare Authorship Pages -
Shakespeare Authorship Roundtable -
Shakespeare Authorship Sourcebook -
Shakespeare Oxford Society -
The Man Who Knew Shakespeare -
The Secret of the Shapespearean Plays - Theories on interpretations & authorship
The Shakespeare Library -
The Shakespeare Mystery - PBS program
The Shakespeare-Bacon Essays - New theories on authorship & interpretations

Renaissance Links & Films

16th Century Renaissance English Literature: Background Info - (Mute or lower the music)
Medieval/Renaissance Food -
Renaissance Links on the WWW -
Shakespeare Films -
The Renaissance: the Context and Codes -

Content by Marilyn Abramowitz, mabramowitz@mineola.k12.ny.us
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Last revised Thu May 1 11:02:59 US/Pacific 2008