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

Print copies of books are located in several areas:
Elizabethan Life:  942
Globe Theater:  792
Words and Phrases  822.3 Mac  427 Pri
Fashion:  391

Locate Ebooks in Gale's Virtual Reference Library  The book Elizabeth World Reference Library is a good source for information
Examples of e books in this collection
 

	Elizabethan World Reference Library	EB 940.2 Eli
	The Cambridge Companion to Elizabethan Renaissance Drama	EB 822.309 Cam

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 includes information on food sports, theater, clothing, life and times
Description of Elizabethan England in 1577 - Medieval Sourcebook
Life in Elizabethan England - information on everyday life from Britain Express
Time Traveler's Guide to Tudor England
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

Education
Educating Shakespeare - this will provide an overview of education in the time of Elizabeth

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
Elizabethan Weddings - from the Elizabethan Era
Love and Marriage from Elizabethan Times

Medicine
Health during Elizabethan Times - this is from PBS site; it also includes information on everyday life
Medicine and Illness - brief comments on health practices

Music and Dance
Elizabethan Music - the Madrigal
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
Card Games - list and descriptions of games
 

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