Herbert Collmann's "Ballads and Broadsides chiefly Of the Elizabethan Period"
A few ballads to illustrate the common songs of Elizabethan England, transcribed from the 1912 edition by Greg Lindahl.

Royalty of England
A wonderful site that provides a chronology of the royalty of England from Egbert to Charles I.

Currency Values in Elizabethan England
A conversion of Elizabethan pounds into current US dollars -- farthings, shilling ... it's all here.

A Map of England in 1595
A map of the British Isles, from Mercator's 'Atlas or Meditations of a Cosmographer on the Creation of the World and on the Form of Created Matter' printed in 1595.

Elizabeth I
Some brief information on Elizabeth's life, the Armada, and Mary Queen of Scots, with a nice collection of pictures.

English Calendar
A dating resource for students of English history and literature. This site will calculate days of the week, British regnal years, and the date of Easter and other moveable religious holidays.

A Local Habitation and a Name: Social Sites of Renaissance Lyrics
Examines the connections between historical places and Renaissance lyrics, including lyrics from Shakespeare.

Renaissance Dance Cheat Sheets
Summary of dances that were popular in Shakespeare day, with details on the specific steps.

The Internet Renaissance Band
Renaissance music midi files by Curtis Clark.

Renaissance Embroidery
Here you will find some of the most beautiful tapestries of the Renaissance, like "The Crucifixion and the Annunciation" by Flanders.

Renaissance Consort
If you need to know what instruments were popular in Renaissance England, and how they were played, you should check out this site.

Elizabethan Names
A list of all the most popular names in Shakespeare's England. It is not surprising that "Elizabeth" was the most common name for a girl.

16th Century Renaissance English Literature (1485-1603)
This site has essays, articles, and biographies on most of the major Renaissance writers other than Shakespeare.

Richard III Society
As much information on the historical Richard III as you can handle. There is also lots of good information on Shakespeare's Richard III.

Elizabethan Sonneteers
Some resources to help you in your study of the masters of the sonnet form. There are many broken links on this site, however, so be warned.

Monarchs of England
Britannica's extensive site has detailed information on all the kings and queens, both mythical and fictional, that ever sat on the British throne.

Elizabethan Heraldry
A thorough and interesting site devoted to heraldry in the Tudor era. It provides pictures of all the major crests as well.

The Tudors and the Wars of the Roses
A nice summary of events that sparked the War of the Roses and Henry VI's role in the conflict, among other key players.

Essays in History
Online essays on important events and people in history. Most of the essays pertaining to Shakespeare and the Renaissance I have listed in my "Essays" section, but there are other very interesting articles to read on this site.

Medieval & Renaissance Wedding Page
A discussion of everything about Renaissance weddings, including attire, food, and music.

A General Study of the Plague in England 1539-1640
The plague affected everyone in Shakespearean England. Find out how and why in this great essay.

The History of Costume
This site has pictures of and information on costumes from every major time period. It is really worth a look.

Study Guide for Elizabethan-Jacobean Studies
Some links to scholarly sites on the web and a collection of essays - three, so far.

The Art of Renaissance Science
A huge site devoted to every aspect of Renaissance science, particularly Galileo. Lots of beautiful pictures also.

A Compendium of Common Knowledge
An online book with information on everything you want to know about common customs and daily life in Shakespeare's England. Used primarily for those involved in Renaissance fairs.

Law and Disorder in 16th-Century England
Information on Renaissance courts, civil law, and crime and punishment.

The Borgias - The First Crime Family
This excellent site contains a wealth of information on the most infamous family in all of history. "A strange and bewildering family, the Borgias. Eleven cardinals of the Holy Roman Catholic Church. Three popes. A queen of England. A saint. A family with long tentacles, beginning in the Fourteenth Century in Spain, and reaching through the history of Fifteenth and Sixteenth Century Italy, Spain, and France. Greed, murder, incest. And --- strangely --- piety."

The Impact of Islam on the Renaissance
This site could possibly help those doing research on Othello.

Tyburn Tree: Public Execution in Early Modern England
Has a list of the dying speeches of Anne Boleyn (1536), John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland (1553), Mary, Queen of Scotts (1587), Lady Jane Grey and Lord Guildford Dudley (1554) , and others, in addition to many pictures and articles on public execution in Shakespeare's London.

Medieval Glossary & Information
What on earth is a laingtjat? What about a peudeneng? You will find definitions of the most archaic words on this great site.

Printing: Renaissance and Reformation
Pictures and information on some early manuscripts, from the New Testament to Leo Africanus (one of the authors Shakespeare relied upon in writing Othello).

Armarium Labyrinthi: Labyrinth Latin Bookcase
A wealth of miscellaneous Latin Texts and Historical Documents, including the English translation of the Magna Carta.

Francis I of France Dies at Rambouillet
Am article about the "'Most Christian King' of a France that only sixty years before his accession had finally expelled English occupiers from the realm (and had still to tolerate Calais as an English enclave until 1559), was frequently compared to and set as a rival against, his Tudor counterpart, Henry VIII."

A New Light on Alchemy
This article from "History Today" presents an interesting theory about the Renaissance black art of alchemy. Comparisons are made between alchemy and necromancy and between Renaissance black art and modern chemistry.

Holbein, Court Painter of the Reformation
Discusses the life of Hans Holbein, one of the most important painters of the northern Renaissance.

She-Devils, Harlots and Harridans in Northern Renaissance Prints
"The social, sexual and demonic power of women was an important theme in the popular print of Germany and the Low Countries in the 16th century, as Julie Nurse shows" in this article from History Today.