16th century

Examines the social, cultural, and religious history of the ceremonies associated with birth, marriage, and death in early modern England.

Pictures and text describe the Globe Theatre and the actors who performed Shakespeare's plays there.

Discusses women who participated in litigation and the legal process during sixteenth- and seventeenth-century England, describing the rights of women under different jurisdictions and how female litigants used the law, and examining the language and tactics women used to plead within a national equity court.

Provides coverage of over 330 important men and women of the Renaissance, from all areas of achievement, who flourished between 1454 and 1600.

Provides coverage of over 330 key events in political, economic, cultural, and social history between 1454-1600.

Presents a children's book for early readers that describes the social structure and traditions of the Indians of the Northeast during the 1500s including their homes, clothing, food, and more.

A humorous look at the state of illness and medicine in Tudor England.

Examines the fashion and costume of Elizabethan England, from 1554 to 1615, looking at both everyday and special-occasion clothes and accessories, discussing the link between clothing and social status, and including photographs and illustrations, a glossary, a time line, and an index.

A collection of essays in which the authors examine various aspects of the sixteenth-century Reformation. Includes an appendix of excerpts from primary source documents, a bibliography, a chronology of events, and a comprehensive index.

Presents a historical overview of the sixteenth century and chronologically arranged primary and secondary source documents on the period, covering European culture and politics, England as a world power, the Renaissance, the Reformation, exploration, the fall of the Aztecs and Incas, and events in Africa, the Turkish Ottoman Empire, Japan, and India.