The following resources offer good starting points for research on Shakespeare's life and times. Try a boolean search (using AND, OR, or NOT) that considers the area of interest as a starting point for your research. 

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ABC-Clio eBooksDaily Life in Elizabethan England

Family Life in the Age of Shakespeare

Voices of Shakespeare's England

Women in the Age of Shakespeare

Infobase eBooksEncyclopedia of Renaissance Literature

Shakespeare's Language

Gale Databases and eBooksGale Twayne's Authors Series

Gale Literature Resource Center

EbscoHost DatabasesLiterary Reference Center

Web Resources by Topic

William Shakespeare

Shakespeare's Life from the Folger Shakespeare Library

William Shakespeare: The Life and Legacy of England's Bard from the BBC

Elizabeth I

Elizabeth I from the BBC

Queen Elizabeth I from the Poetry Foundation

Elizabeth I History of the Monarchy

The Reign of Elizabeth I

The Globe

Shakespeare's Theater from the Folger Shakespeare Library

Shakespeare Facts from Shakespeare's Globe

The Plague

Plague Information from National Geographic

Black Death from the BBC

Elizabethan Entertainment and Class Structure

Elizabethan Theater from the National Endowment of the Arts

The Social Background of Renaissance Society, Internet Shakespeare Editions from University of Victoria

Elizabethan Daily Life and Education

The Elizabethan Age from the National Endowment of the Arts

Daily Life in Elizabethan England, Internet Shakespeare Editions from University of Victoria

Elizabethan Marriage Customs

The Age of Marriage, Internet Shakespeare Editions from University of Victoria