Court Masques: Jacobean and Caroline Entertainments, 1605-1640 by
This selection of 18 masques offers a fascinating insight into the culture and politics of the early 17th century.
The Early Stuart Masque Dance, Costume, and Music by
This work studies the complex impact of movements, costumes, words, scenes, music, and special effects in English illusionistic theatre of the Renaissance.
Historical Dictionary of the Elizabethan World by
The Historical Dictionary of the Elizabethan World provides its users with clear definitions and descriptions of people, events, institutions, ideas, and terminology relating in some significant way to the Elizabethan period.
How to Be a Tudor by
A celebrated master of British social and domestic history, Ruth Goodman draws on her own adventures living in re-created Tudor conditions to serve as our intrepid guide to sixteenth-century living.
The Oxford Handbook of Early Modern Theatre by
This authoritative and comprehensive collection of new essays explores the social, political, and economic pressures under which the playing companies of Shakespeare and his contemporaries operated.
Tudor England by
This is the first encyclopedia to be devoted entirely to Tudor England. 700 entries by top scholars in every major field combine new modes of archival research with a detailed Tudor chronology and appendix of biographical essays.
With more than 2 million images* (and growing), Artstor is a cross-disciplinary collection of rights-cleared images from around the world.
*Note: The number of images available varies by country due to copyright restrictions.
Primary source material for the study and analysis of gender, leisure and consumer culture from 1450 to 1910. Key topics: Conduct and Politeness, Domesticity and the Family, Consumption and Leisure, Education and Sensibility and The Body.
Full-text and page images of almost every work printed in the British Isles and North America, as well as works in English printed elsewhere from 1470-1700.
This multidisciplinary database covers magazines, scholarly journals, and newspapers and is a good place to start for any subject.
Indexes scholarly literature on world history, excluding the United States and Canada. Covers the time period from 1450 to the present.
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Multidisciplinary collection of selected scholarly journals, books, images, and primary sources in humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
Index of research in literature, language, and folklore. Also includes the MLA Directory of Periodicals and the MLA Thesaurus. Coverage from 1920 to present.
All of Shakespeare's works, edited with criticism drawing on the latest textual and theatrical scholarship. Comprised of the Modern Critical Edition, the Critical Reference Edition, and the Authorship Companion.
Full-text of scholarly journals and books in the humanities and social sciences.
Streaming videos of current leading theater productions. Includes behind-the-scenes documentaries, as well as teaching and learning resources to facilitate a deeper understanding of theater productions and texts.
