Biographical facts on Queen Elizabeth II in an easy to read question/answer format. Helpful for doing a research paper and includes links on the left with much additional information on the Royal Family.

This Queen Elizabeth I of England site features many resources, both text and illustrations, about the life and times of the Tudor monarch who lived from 1533-1603.

Part of a larger site on Renaissance literature, this page contains quotes, Elizabeth's writings and speeches, a great biography, essays, articles, images, and more. Very helpful.

Part of an official website devoted to the House of Windsor, this page features a biographical note about Queen Elizabeth II and her current official photographic portrait.

Online exhibition that celebrates the Diamond Wedding Anniversary of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip. Includes photos from their early lives, wedding, honeymoon, and gifts received.

Mary, Queen of Scots is profiled, who was beheaded by order of Queen Elizabeth I in 1587. Content includes a biography, chronology, numerous images, quizzes of Tudor England, and more.

This biographical resource for Queen Elizabeth I can help students collecting background information or for use in classroom discussion and assignments.

Tour artifacts from the Folger Shakespeare Library that tell story of Elizabeth's life, times, and reign.

Full-featured online exhibition about Elizabeth I, her reign, and Elizabethan times.

This resource provides information and a timeline about the British Monarchs.

An examination of the Church and Church policies under Queen Elizabeth I. Provides links to background information and other facts about the church.

An article that tells of new historical evidence of Mary's plotting with her lover James Hepburn, the Earl of Bothwell. Archived.

Very informative site about Elizabeth I including her religious and political reform, political strategies and her effect on English society during her reign. Contains links to other British history sites.

An article about the plots around Elizabeth I and her sophisticated spy ring. Archived.

A history of the Tudor Kings and Queens who ruled England from 1485-1603. The site contains biographies, cultural, and historical data.

An entire eBook is presented at this site from the University of Virginia, including the stories of rulers and other influential girls throughout history. Illustrated, and great reading for Women's History Month or any other time.

This six-part article describes the rise and fall of Anne Boleyn, the first English queen to be publicly executed by her husband, Henry VIII. Five hundred years after her death, her tragic tale is still the subject of historians and the...

This is a comprehensive biography of William Shakespeare. It is divided into sections with multiple listings under each section to explore various time periods and events in Shakespeare's life and England during his life. The two major...

Get information about life in Elizabethan England, the trial of the Earls of Essex, heraldry, and statutes of Elizabethan England among other topics.

This Library of Congress site provides a timeline of historical events in Virginia. It includes the dates from 1553 to 1743.

Article examines the factors that drove forward the expansion of the British Empire during the nineteenth century and asks whether it was desire for trade or "thirst of conquest." Archived.