In addition to the complete works of Julian of Norwich, this site provides several biographies as well as essays and articles analyzing her life and works. Julian was the first woman to write a book in the English language.

This site provides a lengthy overview of the life and work of Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679 CE). Content includes a focus on Hobbes' "Leviathan" and the personal controversy that followed.

Listed as Medieval literature, you can find authors from the 14th and 15th centuries here, as some are considered Renaissance writers. Excellent resource with links to extensive info on the writers including Chaucer, Langland, and Gawain.

Text of Robert Herrick's "Delight in Disorder."Provides source of the poem, but does not offer any commentary or notes about the poet or the poem. The best part is a link to a comprehensive collection of Herrick's work. Plus, they are presented in a logical manner.

A clickable list to selected full-text works by John Donne, including songs, sonnets, elegies, epigrams, and satires.

A complete guide to the works of Robert Herrick. Contains the text to a number of works by Herrick.

Text of the book of poems, "Lyrical Ballads" presented in a straightforward way, easily navigated.

This website provides links to full texts of Middle English song lyrics, which are illustraed with illuminated manuscript art and fully annotated. Links to essays, articles, and related resources.

A site with links to various Middle English works and their lyrics. Several images and related links.

This site site has texts of several of anonymous medieval plays that are examples of the miracle and morality plays that reintroduced drama to the medieval world. Essays and articles that explain and analyze the plays are included.

This site contains the full text of the poem Paradise Regained by John Milton.

This is the perfect site for the student of Richard Lovelace. It contains famous lines from several of his poems, a brief biography, a list of many of his poems which can be read on-line from this site, critical essays written on his work, links to other Lovelace sites, and a list of books of his collected works.

Part of the Herrick section of the Luminarium site, this is a concise biography with links to more information.

This is the perfect site for the student of cavalier poet and clergyman Robert Herrick. It contains famous lines from several of his poems, a brief biography, a list of many of his poems which can be read online from this site, critical essays on Herrick's work, links to other Herrick sites, and a list of books of his works.

This site contains a biography and timeline of Sir Francis Bacon's life, as well as texts of many of his works, and critical essays about his works.

This site provides a detailed overview of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Content includes an introduction to the text, three versions of the full text, numerous essays and articles which explore the text, and other resources.

This site is a portal to biographical information about the Elizabethan poet Sir Philip Sidney, texts of his works, articles and essays about his works, and a list of other resources.

In addition to providing both Modern English and Middle English texts of Malory's "Morte d'Arthur, Luminarium provides several biographies, and essays on Malory and his works.

Extensive listing of secondary sources of information concerning Thomas More. Includes biographies, images, Utopia resources, online books, and related listings.

Contains a plethora of links to websites related to the 17th century. Literature, music, history, politics, and the role of woman are all covered by these links.