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.
An Early 16th Century Armour Adaptation for the SCA
Armour style and changes as needed.
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 Rena…
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 Francisc…
Elizabeth I - The Spanish Armada 1588
The queen's words when she visited her troops in the field.
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.
Hernan Cortes - From Second Letter to the Emperor Charles V
A description of his conquest and its riches, 1520.
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.
Life in Elizabethan England
Games, food, money, religion, language, weddings, masters and servants, occupations, fashion, children, household management, pastimes and names in the time of Queen Elizabeth I an…
Nicolas Copernicus - From The Revolutions of the Heavenly Bodies
The belief that the earth went round the sun, 1543.
Project Gutenberg
Official site includes an index of texts available, newsletters, articles, and information on volunteering.
Queen Elizabeth I Against the Spanish Armada
The words spoken by the Queen when visiting the troops in the field as they prepared for battle in 1588.
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