Early Modern Links
Early Modern Resources


History and Culture

Tudor England

Historical Resources for the English Renaissance (runs the gamut from the GunPowder Plot to weddings and recipes)

Map of Great Britain in 1595

1492: An Ongoing Voyage

Exhibit on the discovery of the New World.

Defeat of the Spanish Armada

Universities in the Renaissance

Renaissance and Baroque Architecture

The Elizabethan Homilies (1623)

Tyburn Tree: Public Execution in Early Modern England

Images from Prof. Bushnell's New Approaches to Renaissance Studies class

London Low-Life: Beggars and Cheats

Women's Writing in the Renaissance and Reformation

The Mary Rose

A Catalog of Ornaments and Watermarks Used for the Printing of Ben Jonson's WORKS (1616)

François Velde's Heraldry Site

Tower of London Virtual Tour

Slow to load, but definitely worth the wait!


Major Renaissance Figures

Elizabeth I, Queen of England (1558-1603)

Mary Queen of Scots

Lady Jane Grey

The Tudors and The Stuarts

Two delightful educational sites from Welford and Wickham Curriculum (UK)

Ben Jonson

Homepage of Shakespeare's contemporary and rival

Thomas Middleton (1580-1627)

The Art of Renaissance Science: Galileo and Perspective

Background to the life and works of this significant early scientist.

Leonardo da Vinci

Informative, illustrated introduction.

Galileo

Biography in historical context.

Descartes

Biography in historical context.

Newton

Biography in historical context.


Research Sites

Texts of Primary Sources in Renaissance Literature (EMLS)

Voice of the Shuttle: Web Page for Humanities Research

Anniina Jokinen's Sixteenth Century Renaissance English Literature site and

links to significant background information

Early Modern Literary Studies: WWW-Accessible Resources

Terry Gray's links to the major Renaissance primary text sites on the Web and Renaissance links

European Texts and Images from before 1620

Medieval & Renaissance Europe -- Primary Historical Documents

Spenser Bibliography

End date 1992.

Medieval & Renaissance History

Essays on the Renaissance