Historical Links for The Taming of the Shrew

“Elizabeth I (1558- 1603)"  http://www.britannia.com/history/monarchs/mon45.html  The website offers a short biographical essay on Queen Elizabeth I.  This also web site dictates how Queen Elizabeth I ruled in a time of both war and high tension between religion and a male dominated aristocracy.

“Elizabeth I” http://www.marie-stuart.co.uk/elizabethI.htm  
This web site traces the lineage of Queen Elizabeth I and allows the reader to understand how Queen Elizabeth I followed King Henry VIII.  This site also allows students to see how the Tudor dynasty was passed to King James I.

"Tudor Monarchs" http://tudorhistory.org/monarchs/-
This website shows the Tudor Monarchs in the chronological order.  The website also gives information on each King or Queen just by clicking on the hyperlink. 

“The History of Witchcraft in England” http://www.britwitch.com/pages/history/history.html
A brief description of how the English rulers tried to get rid of witchcraft.  In this arena, many women were the main focus for witchcraft and were, therefore, focused on more.  This gives a few accounts of women being persecuted of witchcraft and how the women “confessed.”

“Sixteenth Century Renaissance English Literature:
Background Information”
http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/renaissanceinfo.htm
A web page that is has a list of sources based upon topics.  History, Art, Medicine, and Women studies are all topics that can have send a student to a different site.  Students may use this site in order to find more information about a specific topic and to find their own sources.

"Life in Elizabethan England"
http://renaissance.dm.net/compendium/index.html  
Offers a diverse look into Elizabethan life from games, money, food, and religion to marriage, weddings and household management.