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By Time Period Sixteenth Century | 16th Century Renaissance English Literature (1485-1603) | 16th Century Settlements | 16th-Century Renaissance Art | A Collection of Notes on the Historical Aspects of Quilting
By Time Period Sixteenth Century | 16th Century Renaissance English Literature (1485-1603) | 16th Century Settlements | 16th-Century Renaissance Art | A Collection of Notes on the Historical Aspects of Quilting

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16th Century
Provides a chronology of events, significant people, inventions, discoveries, and introductions.

16th Century Renaissance English Literature (1485-1603)
A comprehensive guide to British literature.

16th Century Settlements
Information on the groups along with a map depicting sites at the time of European discovery.

16th-Century Renaissance Art
Resources for the study of art history.

A Collection of Notes on the Historical Aspects of Quilting
History in the sixteenth century.

A History of Political Thought in the Sixteenth Century
Work that focuses on political theory by J. W. Allen, 1951 by subscription.

An Early 16th Century Armour Adaptation for the SCA
Armour style and changes as needed.

Beneath the Cross - Catholics and Huguenots in Sixteenth-Century Paris
A study that focuses on the popular religious fanaticism and hatred caused by the religious conflicts of France, particularly the St Bartholomew's Day massacres of 1572 by Barbara B. Diefendorf, 1991 by subscription.

Cabeza de Vaca in North America
The story of Cabeza de Vaca, the first European explorer of America's gulf coast states.

Cambridge English Renaissance Electronic Service
A guide to help get more from the internet, and a regular email newsletter, CERES Harvest, detailing and reviewing new developments in electronic resources for research in the Renaissance, as well as relaying calls for papers and conference programmes.

Charter to Sir Walter Raleigh - 1584
The complete text of the document.

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
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.

Early Modern Literary Studies
Extensive list of links.

Early Modern Literary Studies - Electronic Texts
Electronic versions of fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth century texts.

Early Modern Resources
Extensive links assigned by category.

Early Sixteenth-Century Chronology
Historical music dates.

Elizabeth I - The Spanish Armada 1588
The queen's words when she visited her troops in the field.

English Currency - 16th Century
Monetary system through use of charts.

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
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
Archaeologists may have unearthed evidence that Spanish soldiers roamed Appalachia with photographs.

Fabritio Caroso's Il Ballarino (1581)
Project aims to scan, translate, and reconstruct this dance manual published in 1581.

Ferdinand Magellan's Voyage Round the World
Verbose account made in 1524 of the voyage that proved the earth was round.

Great Englishmen of the Sixteenth Century
The complete text of book by Sidney Lee, 1904 by subscription.

Hans Mayr: The Voyage and Acts of Dom Francisco, 1505-
An essay on African activities.

Hernan Cortes - From Second Letter to the Emperor Charles V
A description of his conquest and its riches, 1520.

History - The 16th Century
Innovations, inventions, discoveries and personalities of the 16th Century within a comprehensive chronology.

History of Dogma in the Period of the Mendicant Orders, till the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century
Part of the complete text written by Dr. Adolph Harnak.

Humanist Poetics - Thought, Rhetoric, and Fiction in Sixteenth-Century England
The complete text by Arthur F. Kinney, 1986 by subscription.

Internetography on Renaissance Intellectual History
The main focus is on history of philosophy from c. 1348 to c. 1648.

John Calvin - A Sixteenth-Century Portrait
William J. Bouwsma focuses on his thought rather than his life, 1989 by subscription.

Late Sixteenth-Century Chronology
Historical music dates.

Le Poulet Gauche
A guide to the history, culture, and daily life of 16th century France.

Letters of Philip II - King of Spain
Correspondence mainly to Don Diego de Orellana de Chaves, Royal Governor of Spain's northern coast, from the time of naval war against England and France, 1592 - 1597.

Literature and Nation in the Sixteenth Century - Inventing Renaissance France
Timothy Hampton explores the role of literary form in shaping national identity, 2001 by subscription.

Luther's Legacy - Salvation and English Reformers, 1525-1556
Carl R. Trueman distinguishes Luther's influence from that of the Catholic Humanists before him on these five reformers, 1994 by subscription.

Maps - 16th Century
Fine examples of Cairo.

Nicolas Copernicus - From The Revolutions of the Heavenly Bodies
The belief that the earth went round the sun, 1543.

North Carolina Museum of History - History Highlights
A chronology of events.

Northern Mannerism in the Early Sixteenth Century
Historical article on art.

Patron Saints Index
Timeline of 16th Century religious leaders listed by year.

Project Gutenberg
Official site includes an index of texts available, newsletters, articles, and information on volunteering.

Proponents of Limited Monarchy in Sixteenth Century France - Francis Hotman and Jean Bodin
A complete readable book by Beatrice Reynolds, 1931 by subscription.

Reformers of the 16th Century - An Online Study
A list of links to sites.

Reforming Mary - Changing Images of the Virgin Mary in Lutheran Sermons of the Sixteenth Century
Beth Kreitzer examines the development of Lutheran views on the subject as expressed in 16th-century Lutheran published sermons, starting with the earliest of Luther's own Reformation sermons, 2004 by subscription.

Renaissance and Reformation
Complete text by William Gilbert.

Renaissance Forum
Electronic journal of early-modern literary and historical studies.

Sir Francis Drake's Famous Voyage Round The World, 1580
As written by Francis Pretty, one of Drake's gentlemen at arms.

Sir Humphrey Gilbert's Voyage To Newfoundland
An account of the last voyage, told by Edward Haies, commander of The Golden Hind, 1583.

Sixteenth Century English Literature
A guide to 16th century English literature.

Sixteenth Century Maps
Maps of political boundaries as they stood in the sixteenth century.

Sixteenth Century Society and Conference
A society with an interest in the early modern era (c. 1450 - c. 1660).

Sixteenth-Century Europe
The complete text by Leonard W. Cowie, 1977 by subscription.

Tales Tobacco Told in Sixteenth-Century Europe
An environmental historical article by Peter C. Mancall.

The Audiencia of New Galicia in the Sixteenth Century - A Study in Spanish Colonial Government
A complete text by J. H. Parry, 1948 by subscription.

The Bible in the Sixteenth Century
Essays that illuminate a broad spectrum of themes in the history of biblical interpretation by David C. Steinmetz, 1990 by subscription.

The Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies
A research and teaching centre with a library devoted to the study of the period from approximately 1350 to 1700.

The Colloquy of Montbeliard - Religion and Politics in the Sixteenth Century
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 Defeat of the Spanish Armada
Articles by Wes Ulm.

The Dutch Declaration of Independence
The first declaration of modern times in 1581.

The Forest of Rhetoric
Provides a guide to the terms of classical and renaissance rhetoric.

The Gospel of John in the Sixteenth Century - The Johannine Exegesis of Wolfgang Musculus
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 History of Costume - #6
Index of images by Braun and Schneider.

The History of Costume - #7
Index of images by Braun and Schneider.

The History of Costume - #8
Index of images by Braun and Schneider.

The Massacre of St. Bartholomew
Recorded by statesman and historian, De Thou, who was a witness as a youth relates the events leading up to the massacre of August 24, 1572 and the orders of the Queen of France.

The Protestant Reformation in Sixteenth-Century Italy
The complete book by Salvatore Caponetto, 1999 by subscription.

The School of the Sixteenth Century
Held yearly to train re-enactors in the various aspects of portraying Spanish explorers and colonists during the Age of Discovery.

The Sixteenth Century
Describes society during this time period.

The Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA)
Organisation dedicated to researching and recreating pre-17th century European history.

Theatre and Humanism - English Drama in the Sixteenth Century
Why English drama at the beginning of the century was allegorical, didactic and moralistic, and by the end of the century theater was censured as emotional and even immoral by Kent Cartwright, 1999 by subscription.

Timeline 16th Century
Major books of the century separated by decades.

Wars of Religion
Articles, maps, and bibliography detailing the wars between Protestants and Catholics.

Was There a Reformation in the Sixteenth Century?
An article from the Servetus International Society.

Where the Waters Meet
Photographs taken during a living history program at Fort Caroline.

William Harrison (1534-1593): Description Of Elizabethan England
The complete text of Holinshed's Chronicles issued in 1577.

William Marshall - Draft of a Poor Law (1536)
Due to inflation and population pressures, England passed a law to solve some of their most pressing problems.

Wives and Daughters - The Women of Sixteenth Century England
The achievements of personal success and personal wealth by Kathy Lynn Emerson, 1984 by subscription.

Women as Warriors in the16th Century
Names and facts of those that participated in war or battle.

Wrong Side of the River - London's Disreputable South Bank in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century
An essay by Jessica A. Browner.

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