Cover from a 1606 printing of The Ploughman's Tale. Image from Early English Books Online.
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- Shakespeare's WordsNEW! Integrates the full text of Shakespeare's plays and poems with the entire glossary database, allowing you to search for any word or phrase in Shakespeare's works, and in particular to find all instances of all words that can pose a difficulty to the modern reader. You can see the word in context and then link to it in the play. Other features include circles showing all of the characters' relationships to one another, pronunciation, and more.
- Shakespeare's Globe Onscreen30 landmark productions from the theater's 2008-2018 seasons.
- British Literary ManuscriptsMedieval and Renaissance module. Provides access to facsimile images of letters, poems, plays, novels, and other literary works.
- Early English Books OnlineFull-text access to over 125,000 books, pamphlets, tracts, etc. published in Britain and British colonies between 1476-1700.
- International Medieval BibliographyContains citations to articles from journals and miscellanies such as collected essays, conference proceedings and Festschriften.
- Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages & RenaissanceProvides access to several resources regarding the middle ages and renaissance. The Iter Bibliography indexes journals and essays pertaining to the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700).
- Middle English CompendiumProvides access to three major Middle English electronic resources: an electronic version of the Middle English Dictionary, a HyperBibliography of Middle English prose and verse, based on the MED bibliographies, and a Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse, as well as links to an associated network of electronic resources.
- Shakespeare in VideoStreaming video of BBC productions of every Shakespeare play in the canon.
- World Shakespeare Bibliography OnlineAccess annotated entries for international books, articles, reviews, dissertations, theatrical productions, audiovisual materials, and electronic media related to Shakespeare that have been published since 1964.
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- British Library Catalogue of Illuminated ManuscriptsDescriptive catalog of the library's holdings; some digitized content available.
- Camelot ProjectArthurian Texts, Images, Bibliographies, and Basic Information.
- Caxton's ChaucerDigitized editions of William Caxton's two editions of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, probably printed in 1476 and 1483.
- Chaucer Bibliography OnlineA searchable bibliography of Chaucer studies from 1975 to the present.
- John Milton Reading RoomThe complete poetry and selected prose of John Milton, with introductions, research guides, and hyperlinked annotations. From Dartmouth College.
- Linguistic Atlas of Late Mediaeval EnglishElectronic version, provided by the University of Edinburgh.
- Linguistic Atlas of Older ScotsElectronic version, provided by the University of Edinburgh.
- Luminarium: Anthology of English LiteratureTexts and reference material. Covers through the Restoration.
- Map of Early Modern LondonDigitized version of the 1560s Agas woodcut showing streets and buildings. Links from many sites to encyclopedia entries and other material.
- Middle English DictionaryFree and searchable online resource.
- MIT Global ShakespearesA collaborative project providing online access to performances of Shakespeare from many parts of the world as well as essays and metadata by scholars and educators in the field.
- Old English OnlineA website designed to help you read Old English.
- Renaissance Festival Books253 digitized Renaissance festival books from the British Library's collection.
- Shakespeare DocumentedDigitized primary source documents regarding Shakespeare's family and career.
- Shakespeare in QuartoSee 107 copies of the 21 plays by Shakespeare printed in quarto before the 1642 theatre closures. Quartos can be compared side-by-side.
- TEAMS Middle English Texts SeriesOnline annotated texts.