The Elizabethan Age

Use the IMC database Daily Life Through History: Life in Elizabethan England as the starting point for your research.
Information on Queen Elizabeth is found in Gale's Biography Resource Center and Discovery Collection and History Resource Center: World
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Internet Resources

Life in Elizabethan England - information on everyday life

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
Clothing  description of clothes worn by social classes

Elizabethan Festivals
Elizabethan Customs and Festivals - lists of festivals

Food
Gode Cookery - Elizabethan food
A Listing of Food - from Everyday Life in Elizabethan England

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
Music of Middle Ages and Renaissance - overview of music
Music and Composers - scroll down for link to the Renaissance

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

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
Games - list and descriptions of games
Elizabethan Dance - describes the dances and also includes a list of festivals

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