Directory of Elizabethan Resources

This category is for research of the Elizabethan period for romance fiction writers or for supplement of the subject for romance readers.

Resources in This Category

Del's Dance Book

http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/del/
15th and 16th century dances for England, Italy, and France.
Elizabethan Card Games

http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~wew/Tattershall-tb/cards.html
An overview and history of the games One and Thirty, Bone-ace, and Ruff and Honors.
Elizabethan Fencing

http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~wew/fencing.html
Description of the Art of Defence during the Elizabethan Period, the early 16th and 17th Centuries. Links to training materials and online manuals.
Renaissance Faire

http://www.renfaire.com/
Provides background details of language, dress, customs and activities.
The Childhood and Education of William Shakespeare

http://www.william-shakespeare.info/william-shakespeare-biography-childhood-and-education.htm
Provides details of the petty school, grammar school and the Tudor alphabet used during the Elizabethan era.
The Galileo Project

http://galileo.rice.edu/
A collection of detailed biographies of persons in science and Christianity, including scientific institutions and inventions, 1450 to 1700. Includes portraits.

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