Background info on Shakespeare’s Hamlet for Ms. Cowan’s classes.
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Life in Elizabethan England: a Compendium of Common Knowledge
Great site with links to various topics and subjects.
Elizabethan Era Life
This site covers life in England during the Elizabethan Era and includes specific sections on fashion, daily life, and literature.
Elizabethan England (Shakespeare Research Center)
Good starting point with many, vetted, web links
Daily Life in Elizabethan England (Questia School ebook)
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Understanding Hamlet: A Student Casebook to Issues, Sources, and Historical Documents (Questia School ebook)
Description of England, 1577
The Modern History Sourcebook provides this from William Harrison’s Holinshed’s Chronicles.
“United Kingdom.” Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 9 Aug. 2016. school.eb.com/levels/high/article/110750#214519.toc.
Scroll down to the section on Elizabethan England.
Hamlet: Sources
This section of the Wikipedia article focuses on the sources of the play. Where might have Shakespeare gotten his ideas?
Resource Guide to Elizabethan Era Costumes