2003 Christmas Revels:

Cultural Resources

Queen Elizabeth I

Information about her Queen Elizabeth's life and times can be found on Heather Thomas' Elizabeth I website or on the Elizabeth I  section of Lara E. Eakins comprehensive website on Tudor England..  The latter website also contains several pages of paintings and other representations of Queen Elizabeth I.

The Elizabethan World

Information about the culture and history, every day life, language and names, and dance in Elizabethan times compiled by Cliff Stevens.

Will Kemp

The text of Will Kemp's own account of his famous Morris dancing from London to Norwich, "Kempe’s Nine Daie Wonder,"

Wherein is somewhat set downe worth note; to reprooue
the slaunders spred of him: many things merry,
nothing hurtfull.
Written by himselfe to satisfie his friends.

can be found on the University of Oregon's  Renascence Editions website. 

Everyday Life in Elizabeth's time

Life in Elizabethan England: A Compendium of Common Knowledge: 1558 - 1603  compiled by Maggie Secara and Paula Kate Marmor is an amazing source of information on everything from food, money and fashion to house hold management and the celebration of Christmas.

Elizabethan Costumes -- How to Dress Like a Queen

Queen Elizabeth was an exceptional clothes horse and because she had so many gowns she is credited with inventing the clothes closet. To find out everything you could possibly want to know about how people dressed in age of Elizabeth -- and more -- go to The Elizabethan Costume Page created by Drea Leed. Be sure to check out an Overview of an Elizabethan Outfit which shows how a woman of that age dressed from head to toe including the proper wearing of the "bumroll" and the "Spanish Farthingale."