The Elizabethan Age

Use the IMC database Daily Life Through History: Life in Elizabethan England as the starting point for your research.  Next, use Daily Life Online
Information on Queen Elizabeth is found in Gale's Biography Resource Center and Discovery Collection and History Resource Center: World
Use WebCollection Plus to locate books on your topic

Locate Ebooks in Gale's Virtual Reference Library  The book Elizabeth World Reference Library is a good source for information

Internet Resources

Life in Elizabethan Times  -  General Topic Areas
Learn about Life in Elizabethan Times - Use the links on this compendium; this is an excellent place to start your search.
Description of Elizabethan England in 1577 - Medieval Sourcebook
Life in Elizabethan England - information on everyday life from Britain Express
Peasant Life -
Proper English Accents - learn how to speak the Queen's English
Poverty in Elizabethan England 
Crime and Punishment in Elizabethan England - from Eyewitness to History
Medieval Sewers
Rats in History

Elizabethan Theater
Elizabethan Theater - scroll down for the information and links
Elizabethan Theater - lecture with slides by Hilda S. Spear

Fashions
Elizabethan Costume Page - provides an overview of fashion during the time of Elizabeth
Elizabethan Costumes -  History and Techniques
Clothing  description of clothes worn by social classes

Elizabethan Festivals
Elizabethan Customs and Festivals - lists of festivals

Food
Gode Cookery - Elizabethan food
Old Elizabethan Recipes
Medieval Recipes

Marriage and Family
Marriage - from Everyday Life in Elizabethan England; overview; be sure to look at links at the bottom of the page

Medicine
Health during Elizabethan Times - this is from PBS site; it also includes information on everyday life
Herbal Medicine in Shakespeare's England - article on the use of herbs
Medicine and Illness - brief comments on health practices

Music and Dance
Elizabethan Music - the Madrigal
Music and Composers - scroll down for link to the Renaissance
Elizabethan Dance - describes the dances and also includes a list of festivals
Renaissance Dance

Shakespeare and His Plays and Theaters
Shakespeare's Theaters - overview and links to information on all the theaters
The Globe - today and in the past
Stratford upon Avon

Sports, Games and Pastimes
Elizabethan Entertainment
Filling the Time - describes what a member of the court would do to fill his time; be sure to go to the other links at the bottom of the page
Card Games - list and descriptions of games
 

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