Shakespeare - Background Information
Please use book sources and databases before exploring websites
Shakespeare’s Life –
http://www.biography.com/people/william-shakespeare-9480323
www.bardweb.net/bio.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/people/william_shakespeare
https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Shakespeare
https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-life/
Religion -
**E-books: Romeo and Juliet**
http://www.shakespeare-online.com/biography/shakespearereligiona.html
http://www.historytoday.com/marie-rowlands/english-catholics-reign-elizabeth
http://www.religious-beliefs.com/ (click on the two religions on the left)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/people/elizabeth_I
http://www.religionfacts.com/christianity/charts/catholic_protestant.htm (just look at the chart - compares the two religions)
https://www.shakespeare.org.uk/explore-shakespeare/shakespedia/william-shakespeare/shakespeare-religion/
Elizabethan Period -
http://www.bardweb.net/england.html
http://www.shakespeare-online.com/biography/londonlife.html
http://www.shakespeare-online.com/faq/entertainment.html
www.saintives.com/essays/superstitions.pdf
http://thelostcolony.org/education/elizabethan-era/
ElizabethanTheatre -
http://www.shakespeare-online.com/theatre/ (click on the links below to read more!)
https://www.britannica.com/art/theater-building/The-Elizabethan-stage
http://www.bardweb.net/globe.html
http://www.english-online.at/history/elizabethan-theatre/shakespeares-theatre.htm
http://www.shakespeare-online.com/theatre/globe.html (Structure of the Globe)
History of the English Language -
web.cn.edu/kwheeler/documents/OE_vs_ME.pdf (Google old English, Middle English, Modern English and choose the PDF)
http://www.bardweb.net/language.html
http://fajardo-acosta.com/worldlit/language/english-samples.htm
https://www.merriam-webster.com/help/faq-history
https://www.britannica.com/topic/English-language
Verona, Italy -
**e-books: Romeo and Juliet**
https://www.britannica.com/place/Verona-Italy
go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?p=GPS&sw=w&u=lom_macombtgps&v=2.1&it=r&id=GALE%7CA141437698&asid=b723a1472c019b5e0292befd67849ea3 (sorry - won't hyperlink)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/797