Directory of Sixteenth Century Resources

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This category lists historical sites devoted to the sixteenth century time period.

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• 16th Century

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixteenth_century
  Provides a chronology of events, significant people, inventions, discoveries, and introductions.

• A History of Political Thought in the Sixteenth Century

  http://www.questia.com/read/463083/a-history-of-political-thought-in-the-sixteenth-century
  Work that focuses on political theory by J. W. Allen, 1951 by subscription.

• Charter to Sir Walter Raleigh - 1584

  http://avalon.law.yale.edu/16th_century/raleigh.asp
  The complete text of the document.

• Conquistadors

  http://www.pbs.org/conquistadors/
  Illustrated with period maps, drawings, and letters, this site follows the paths of sixteenth century conquistadors Hernán Cortés, Francisco Pizarro, Cabeza de Vaca, and Francisco de Orellana.

• Divulging Utopia - Radical Humanism in Sixteenth-Century England

  http://www.questia.com/read/11020369/divulging-utopia-radical-humanism-in-sixteenth-century
  Work that examines the humanist movement in England and traces the reception of a single work, Sir Thomas More's Utopia (1516), in relation to that movement by David Weil Baker, 1999 by subscription.

• Elizabeth I - The Spanish Armada 1588

  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1588elizabeth.asp
  The queen's words when she visited her troops in the field.

• Europe and England in the Sixteenth Century

  http://www.questia.com/read/103003453/europe-and-england-in-the-sixteenth-century
  Covers political, social, religious, and economic history by T. A. Morris, 1998 by subscription.

• Events That Changed the World through the Sixteenth Century

  http://www.questia.com/read/101366748/events-that-changed-the-world-through-the-sixteenth
  Expulsion of the Muslims, flowering of the Renaissance, religious strife, and expansion into the New World, political, religious, and social changes that took place on every continent are examined by John E. Findling, 2001 by subscription.

• Evidence of 16th-Century Spanish Fort in Appalachia

  http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/11/1122_041122_spanish_fort.html
  Archaeologists may have unearthed evidence that Spanish soldiers roamed Appalachia with photographs.

• History of Dogma in the Period of the Mendicant Orders, till the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century

  http://www.ccel.org/ccel/harnack/dogma6.ii.ii.ii.html
  Part of the complete text written by Dr. Adolph Harnak.

• History: The 16th Century

  http://didyouknow.org/history/16thcentury/
  Innovations, inventions, discoveries and personalities of the 16th century within a comprehensive chronology.

• Internetography on Renaissance Intellectual History

  http://www.phil-hum-ren.uni-muenchen.de/GGRENirDB/
  The main focus is on history of philosophy from c. 1348 to c. 1648.

• Le Poulet Gauche

  http://www.lepg.org/
  A guide to the history, culture, and daily life of 16th century France.

• Luther's Legacy - Salvation and English Reformers, 1525-1556

  http://www.questia.com/read/74343285/luther-s-legacy-salvation-and-english-reformers
  Carl R. Trueman distinguishes Luther's influence from that of the Catholic Humanists before him on these five reformers, 1994 by subscription.

• Northern Mannerism in the Early Sixteenth Century

  http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/nman/hd_nman.htm
  Historical article on art.

• Proponents of Limited Monarchy in Sixteenth Century France - Francis Hotman and Jean Bodin

  http://www.questia.com/read/98232363/proponents-of-limited-monarchy-in-sixteenth-century
  A complete readable book by Beatrice Reynolds, 1931 by subscription.

• Queen Elizabeth I Against the Spanish Armada

  http://www.historyplace.com/speeches/elizabeth.htm
  The words spoken by the Queen when visiting the troops in the field as they prepared for battle in 1588.

• Reformers of the 16th Century - An Online Study

  http://www.eldrbarry.net/heidel/heidel.htm
  A list of links to sites.

• Sixteenth Century Maps

  http://historymedren.about.com/library/atlas/blat15dex.htm?terms=ca+map
  Maps of political boundaries as they stood in the sixteenth century.

• Sixteenth Century Society and Conference

  http://www.sixteenthcentury.org/
  A society with an interest in the early modern era (c. 1450 - c. 1660).

• Sixteenth-Century Europe

  http://www.questia.com/read/14681078/sixteenth-century-europe
  The complete text by Leonard W. Cowie, 1977 by subscription.

• The Audiencia of New Galicia in the Sixteenth Century - A Study in Spanish Colonial Government

  http://www.questia.com/read/3939110/the-audiencia-of-new-galicia-in-the-sixteenth-century
  A complete text by J. H. Parry, 1948 by subscription.

• The Colloquy of Montbeliard - Religion and Politics in the Sixteenth Century

  http://www.questia.com/read/59798612/the-colloquy-of-montbeliard-religion-and-politics
  Jill P. Raitt explores the complex array of shifting political alliances and religious tensions which characterized the Holy Roman Empire after the Peace of Augsburg, 1993 by subscription.

• The Dutch Declaration of Independence

  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1581dutch.asp
  The first declaration of modern times in 1581.

• The Gospel of John in the Sixteenth Century - The Johannine Exegesis of Wolfgang Musculus

  http://www.questia.com/read/64582973/the-gospel-of-john-in-the-sixteenth-century-the-johannine
  This study of Johannine exegesis covers nearly every important commentator on John from the first half of the century, and examines the medieval and patristic traditions on which they drew by Craig S. Farmer, 1997 by subscription.

• The Protestant Reformation in Sixteenth-Century Italy

  http://www.questia.com/read/57073238/the-protestant-reformation-in-sixteenth-century-italy
  The complete book by Salvatore Caponetto, 1999 by subscription.

• The School of the Sixteenth Century

  http://www.angelfire.com/fl3/calderonsco/school.html
  Held yearly to train re-enactors in the various aspects of portraying Spanish explorers and colonists during the Age of Discovery.

• The Sixteenth Century

  http://www.lepg.org/sixteen.htm
  Describes society during this time period.

• The Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA)

  http://www.sca.org/
  Organisation dedicated to researching and recreating pre-17th century European history.

• The Spanish Armada

  http://www.rmg.co.uk/explore/sea-and-ships/facts/navies-and-warships/the-spanish-armada
  A fact file article as published by National Maritime Museum.

• Wars of Religion

  http://www.lepg.org/wars.htm
  Articles, maps, and bibliography detailing the wars between Protestants and Catholics.

• William Harrison (1534-1593): Description Of Elizabethan England

  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1577harrison-england.asp
  The complete text of Holinshed's Chronicles issued in 1577.

• Wives and Daughters - The Women of Sixteenth Century England

  http://www.questia.com/read/59429201/wives-and-daughters-the-women-of-sixteenth-century
  The achievements of personal success and personal wealth by Kathy Lynn Emerson, 1984 by subscription.

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