…English drama and texts of related interest, from late medieval moralities and Tudor interludes, occasional entertainments and civic pageants, academic and closet drama, and the plays of the commercial London…
Post-Launch Reflections: May 2018
…proofread, and heavily revised. On reflection, our method of force-multiplying collaboration and using student contributions as introductory course content and as a starting point for studying rigorous research practices and…
Kelsey Rhodes – April 23, 2022 – April 27, 2022
…spent some time working on my resume and job searching. 4/25 10:30pm-11:30pm (1 hr) 4/26 9:30am-11:30pm (2 hr) Plus Spring Break Hours (5 hrs) Total: 8 hrs Reflection For a…
Works Web Exhibits Assignment
…understand the different kinds of texts you’re working with. Part 2: Online research English Short Title Catalogue – One of the first places to search for a work’s publication…
February 14, 2021
…we can use and how we can use it. I have no experience with Creative Commons Licenses and figuring out what is and is not allowed has been a learning…
April 18, 2021
…workplace experiences? Obviously these are unprecedented times, so having a working environment be all-remote is a new experience for me. I have never had a working experience that had no…
Kit Marlowe Scavenger Hunt
…“Kit” Marlowe. You’re going to start with our website and then explore online resources that we’ll be using throughout the class. You may download a Word document of these instructions…
Alex Krett
…intimidating for beginners, I created accessible “how to” guides for downloading software (Anaconda) on both Mac and PC devices, and for performing analysis. See the Text Analysis page in the…
How to Use Graph Commons
…Commons The visualizations are being built out in Graph Commons, an open-source platform that provides starter templates and tips to help anyone jump in and create network visualizations. See below…
Project Inception: Fall 2017
…printers and publishers. The research unit was followed up by writing introductions to little-known texts from the Early English Books Online (EEBO) database, and later transcribing, encoding, and editing Thomas…
Gabriel Harvey Bibliography
….” Oxford Shakespeare, www.oxford-shakespeare.com/Nashe/Gratulationes_Valdinenses.pdf Wolfe, Heather. “Manuscript Marginalia: Gabriel Harvey Refers to Hamlet and Richard III.” Shakespeare Documented, shakespearedocumented.folger.edu/resource/document/manuscript-marginalia-gabriel-harvey-refers-hamlet-and-richard-iii. Hieatt, A. Kent. “Edmund Spenser.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., www.britannica.com/biography/Edmund-Spenser. …
KMP Project Contributions
…an existing page. The Conspiracies and Anti-Conspiracies pages both need work, as does the Espionage page. I’m also open to augmenting the social networks page and adding exhibit pages. We…
CPB Presentations
…may use as a study guide for mid-term and final exams. This assignment offers you an ideal opportunity to indulge your curiosity, conduct scholarly and popular research on a given…
Kelsey Rhodes – March 24 – March 29, 2022
…in I added tags for person names, language tags, and tags for italics and font changes. Working this way, I finished each page. The last page for this epistle ended…
Editing the Bibliography
…Library Databases As you work backwards and cross-check information, you may not find what you’re looking for in a simple search because the work cited was part of earlier students’…
Ideas in Motion: Looking back at Fall 2017
…Hamlin and I co-taught, helped us keep the student groups on track and prepare them for the encoding unit. Adapting the encoding unit for independent publication Scott Hamlin took the…
The Ultimate Henry VI, Part One Quiz
…website. Here is the login information: Email – shakespearewilliam184@gmail.com Password – Shax2018! To learn more about Henry VI, check out the works page here. And to further test your knowledge,…
Kelsey Rhodes – Internship Blogs
…communicate your internship experience on your résumé? During the last few weeks of the semester, provide an updated résumé (with an entry for this internship) and link to some job…
The history of Doctor John Faustus compiled in verse, very pleasant and delightfull (1664)
…latest edition published on the TAPAS (TEI Archiving, Publishing, and Access Service) website. The history of Doctor John Faustus compiled in verse, very pleasant and delightfull. Printed by E. Cotes, and…
Kelsey Rhodes – April 28, 2022 – May 3, 2022
Summary For this week‘s work I did not have much left to finish on the website. I did find a few mistakes which I fixed. The rest of the time…
Eli M. Paré, Project Intern
…you had experience with this kind of workplace before? If not, how is it similar to and different from previous workplace experiences? How can you effectively communicate your internship experience…
Pereira, October 10-13, 2018
…skills! I don’t have the printed version yet, and usually I’ll start by printing out the TAPAS version and the PDF version and comparing the two, but I don’t have…
“Christopher Marlowe”
…The British Library, 17 May 2020, www.bl.uk/people/christopher-marlowe. – “What (Little) We Know.” PBS: Frontline, Public Broadcasting Service, 17 May 2020, www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/muchado/fine/bios.html. – Biography.com, A&E Networks Television, 26 June 2019, www.biography.com/writer/christopher-marlowe…
Marlowe Bibliography Online
…by providing a searchable annotated bibliography of relevant scholarship. To use the site, simply enter your keyword(s) in the searchbox below, and the relevant results will be filtered out of…
Why Kit Marlowe?
…Kit Marlowe Project do that other websites don’t? Our website has been built by undergraduate students to offer an accessible, open-access resource for Marlowe-curious individuals to learn about his life,…
Intro to LUNA: Formulating Effective Search Terms
EEBO-TCP: Basic Search
Intro to EMED: Basic Search
Intro to LUNA: Advanced Search
Intro to LUNA: Basic Search
Introduction
…superficial knowledge and analysis, one must have a “buyer beware” mentality. Online study guides often set the reader up for monolithic plot and character analysis. To inform readers unaware of…
Kelsey Rhodes – March 3 – March 8, 2022
…the process of encoding these pages I worked on finding the best way for me to work. Having a split screen and multiple tabs open allows me to compare for…
Encyclopedia Entry +
…to research for your Synthesis: Commonplace Book Assignment, or to develop material you shared with the class for your Commonplace Book Presentation. Please do not think of our assignments as…
Running JupyterLab in the cloud with GitHub
…will open the code in a cloud-based development environment. Wait for the workspace to load. This may take a few moments. Once the workspace is open, return to the GitHub…
Project Update: May 2019
…KMP projects will be LEMDO-compliant. At this time, we’ve published Rowan’s edition of Petowe’s “Hero and Leander” on the TAPAS (TEI Archiving, Publishing, and Access Service) website and linked the…
Christopher Marlowe Bibliography
…JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/43499491. Accessed 22 Oct. 2020.\ SAWYER, ROBERT. “Shakespeare and Marlowe: Re-Writing the Relationship.” Critical Survey, vol. 21, no. 3, 2009, pp. 41–58. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/41556327. Accessed 22 Oct. 2020. …
MoEML Link Assignment
…and ability to handle commanding parts. Born in 1566, he was characterized as a “bred a Stage-player” and joined the Lord Admiral’s Men in London; Alleyn was famous for his…
Henry Petowe. The Second Part of Hero and Leander. Conteyning their further Fortunes. (1598)
Fall 2018 Kit Marlowe Project Intern Rowan Pereira (Stonehill College ’19) transcribed, edited, and encoded Henry Petowe’s continuation of Marlowe’s poem “Hero and Leander” printed by Thomas Purfoot for Andrew…
Milton, John (Draft)
John Milton, born in 1608, was an English writer of great renown. Known for his prose and his poetry, Milton’s writing offered a re-presentation and critique of political, social, religious,…
Kelsey Rhodes – January 26-February 2, 2022
…it and did find several errors. I’m really looking forward to this internship and seeing what it will teach me and what I can do in it and with it….
Christopher Marlowe and Espionage
…every company he cometh he persuades men to atheism willing them not to be afeard of bugbears and hobgoblins, and utterly scorning both God and his ministers … and as…
February 7, 2021
…starters, the tile images for some of the posts are missing, and some of the images in the other posts are ambiguously sourced and need updating. We also want to…
CQP Web “Simple Language Query Syntax”
…open the document in a new tab, or click the link below to download it. CQPWEB_Simple_Syntax_HelpDownload The Kit Marlowe Project is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License….
Marlowe, Christopher (Kit)
…life. In 1588, he was sued by James Wheatly for a dispute over a horse, and his Cambridge peer Edward Elwyn sued him for failing to pay back a loan…
Folger Digital Image Collection Tutorials
Searching primary source databases can be tricky primarily because one is working with a combination of historical and modern cataloging conventions. Following are links to research videos that show you…
Babington Plot
…papal bull excommunicated Elizabeth for reforming England back to Protestant roots. The Queen’s 1558 Act of Supremacy declared the Church of England’s independence from Rome and the 1559 Act of…
Of Pilcrows: Digital resources for early modern plays on page and stage
…and shared many of these links on their own sites—see the blog section below, for example—as well as to those who have alerted me to newly completed and in-progress projects…
Marlowe, Christopher
…Second Marlowe, Christopher. The troublesome raigne and lamentable death of Edward the second, King of England: with the tragicall fall of proud Mortimer. Edited by Meaghan Brown, Michael Poston, and…
Mabillard, Amanda
Mabillard, Amanda. “The Great Theatre.” Shakespeare Online. 21 Nov. 2000, www.shakespeare-online.com/theatre/burbagetheatre.html….
Kelsey Rhodes – March 31 – April 6, 2022
…to do and not getting distracted. I have found it hard to just sit down for several hours to research and write. This week has been a bit of a…
EEBO-TCP Editorial Assignment
…the foregoing teaching resources have been authored by Kristen Abbott Bennett and should be cited accordingly. The Kit Marlowe Project is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License….
Execution
Political Conspiracy Theories Some say Marlowe was killed because he refused to testify against Sir Walter Raleigh. Crown agents wanted to convict Raleigh for being an atheist. Ingram Frizer and…
Kelsey Rhodes – February 10-February 16, 2022
…the different characters, symbols, and because the chapters went over several pages. Therefore this took up all my time for the week but I’m hoping for next week I will…
Research Video Tutorials
Following are “How to” videos to help you search and cite materials from open-source digital knowledge bases including the Folger Shakespeare Library’s Digital Image Collection and Digital Anthology of Early…
Prefatory Epistles from Sir Phillip Sidney’s Astrophel & Stella by Thomas Newman and Thomas Nashe (1591)
…TAPAS (Tei Archiving Publishing and Access Service) site, or you may read the PDF version of this exciting document here! 1 August 2020. Spaceholder Syr-P.S.-Astrophel-and-StellaDownload Title Page from 1591 edition…
The Discouerie of Witchcraft – The Epistles
…“ſpeciall care for the ſupporting of their right, and redreſſing of their wrongs, as neither deſpiſing their calamitie, nor yet for-getting their complaint, ſeeking all meanes for their a-mendement, and…
January 31, 2021
…researching and brainstorming for the games and quizzes section. I need to find some game design websites that we can reuse under a creative commons license, isolate some of the…
The Massacre at Paris.txt
Click Here to download a “clean” .txt document of Christopher Marlowe’s Massacre at Paris (Regular spelling). Click Here to download a “clean” .txt document of Christopher Marlowe’s The Massacre at…
Edward the Second.txt
Click Here to download a “clean” .txt document of Christopher Marlowe’s Edward the Second (regular spelling). Click Here to download a “clean” .txt document of Christopher Marlowe’s Edward the Second…
Tamburlaine The Great, Part II.txt
…Poston, and Elizabeth Williams (2016). The file has undergone the following data cleaning protocols in order to make it suitable for text analysis: Line numbers, IMG and SIG information using…
Tamburlaine The Great Part I.txt
Click Here to download a “clean” .txt document of Christopher Marlowe’s Tamburlaine The Great Part I,(Regular spelling). Click Here to download a “clean” .txt document of Christopher Marlowe’s Tamburlaine The…
Syllabi
…Stonehill College and trace a trajectory of exploratory pedagogy that inspired and led to building out The Kit Marlowe Project. RoguesProgress_Syllabus_Fall2017Download LC347A_RoguesProgress_Spring18Download Return to Teaching Resources Please note that all…
Kelsey Rhodes – April 16, 2022 – April 22, 2022
…Scot, and one of the dedicated people Sir Roger Manwood. This aspect of the project required taking lots of information and condensing it to make it easy to understand for…
Commonplace Book Assignments
…Assignments” introduces the concept of early modern commonplace books, plus digital research and composition practices. Here one may find sample prompts that put a twist on conventional commonplacing as they…
“Marlowe’s Life.”
“Marlowe’s Life.” The Marlowe Society, www.marlowe-society.org/christopher-marlowe/life/….
Six Degrees of Francis Bacon
…Libraries, and data is available for download both on this site and as part of the Folger Shakespeare Library’s digital collections. The image here is a visualization in the hooke format…
TAPAS Project: Kit Marlowe
TAPAS is a free, online resource for publishing, archiving, and sharing Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) projects. The TAPAS Project: Kit Marlowe has pages for many of Marlowe’s works, click the portrait…
Kelsey Rhodes – February 17- February 23, 2022
Summary For this week’s work I took the transcribed pages that I did last week and encoded it. Since I knew this would be a lot of work, I figured…
Jew of Malta.txt
…Poston, and Elizabeth Williams (2016). It has undergone the following data-cleaning protocols to make it suitable for text analysis: IMG information deleted manually Extra spaces deleted manually Introduction formatting fixed…
John Davies. Epigrammes and Elegies (c. 1599)
…to access this edition published on the TAPAS (TEI Archiving, Publishing, and Access Service) website. Spaceholder Spaceholder Epigrammes and elegies by I.D. and C.M. At Middleborough [London?]: c. 1599 (STC 6350)….
The history of Doctor. John Faustus compyled in verse, very pleasant and delightful (1696)
…2018 semester. It has been published on the TEI Archiving, Publishing, and Access Service ( TAPAS) website and is available via the link below. The history of Doctor. John Faustus compyled…
Rome in Elizabethan England
…of punishment. For example, Shakespeare’s plays Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra, Coriolanus, and Titus Andronicus use the ideals of Rome and Romans in order to integrate the use of Roman…
The Discouerie of Witchcraft – Book I, Chapters 1-3
…but instead God. He states that if all the devils in hell were dead and all the witches in England burned or hanged, it would still rain, hail, and storm…
Rollins, Lauren Leigh
…Imperial Model in Julius Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra.” Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England: An Annual Gathering of Research, Criticism and Reviews, vol. 30, 2017, pp. 165–180. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com.fscproxy.framingham.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=mzh&AN=2017582858&site=ehost-live….
Jowett, John
…English Studies, vol. 45, no. 180, 1994, pp. 517–522. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/517809. — “Notes on Henry Chettle.” The Review of English Studies, vol. 45, no. 179, 1994, pp. 384–388, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/518844…
Mayors & Sheriffs of London
The Mayors and Sheriffs of London (MASL) is a searchable, open-access database (https://masl.library.utoronto.ca) of information on London’s mayors, sheriffs, and wardens from 1190 to the present. It was originally launched…
Nashe, Thomas
…and reputation ‘though through some precedent iniurious provocations, and fervent incitements of young heads’ I rashly assailed: yet now better advised, and of his perfections more confirmedly persuaded, unfainedly I…
The Discouerie of Witchcraft – Witchcraft in Early Modern Literature
…we in no way condone the use of this word, we represent it here for documentary purposes. Tracing such words is important for research and for discussions of historical racism….
Francis Meres. Palladis Tamia, or Wit’s Treasury (1598)
…Nashe, and more. Students in the Fall 2017 section of “A Rogue’s Progress” worked from the facsimile copy available through the Early English Books Online database to transcribe, encode, and…
Chettle, Henry (Draft)
…Hoskins and Danter were responsible for printing the 1597 “bad” quarto of Romeo and Juliet, and Chettle reputedly contributed to the work’s inconsistencies. The quarto has been labeled “bad” because…
Review: Burton and Coghill’s Faustus
…(Andreas Teuber). Coghill adapted Christopher Marlowe’s play, likely written in the 1590’s and published in 1604, for the big screen. Richard Burton stars as Faustus, and Elizabeth Taylor plays all…
Authorship (DRAFT)
…history play” (Pollack-Pelzner). Although most Shakespeare professors and scholars understand that Elizabethan playwriting was collaborative, and that credit should be allocated to his contributors, this is not common knowledge. In…
Harvey, Gabriel
…a Ciceronian [He writes], and considered this title the highest honor and glory. I firmly agree with those who taught that Marcus Tully alone should be imitated, forever and everywhere;…
Reginald Scot, The Discouerie of Witchcraft (1584)
…the existence of witchcraft. Scot shows himself to be knowledgeable about the myths and stories told about witches and demonic creatures through his narrative examples. He also provides illustrated examples…
Thomas, Miranda Fay
Thomas, Miranda Fay. “Political Acts and Political Acting: Roman Gesture and Julius Caesar.” Early Modern Literary Studies: A Journal of Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century English Literature, vol. 25, 2016. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com.fscproxy.framingham.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=mzh&AN=2018140150&site=ehost-live….
“Christopher Marlowe Killed…”
“Christopher Marlowe killed in tavern brawl.” History.com, 2009. A&E Networks. history.com/this-day-in-history….
Cambridge University
…no private premises; it used community churches such as Great St. Mary’s and St. Benedict’s as sites for public ceremonies. Lodgings were located on private property, where students were frequently…
Hathaway, Anne
…of revenue for the family and gave Anne an even bigger leadership role in the family. Hathaway became a widow at the age of 60 and is mentioned in Shakespeare’s…
Shakespeare, William
…for when he stopped coming to London. Shakespeare has many ties to the “University Wits,” especially through Marlowe. Marlowe dedicated Hero and Leander to Thomas Walsingham, who employed Marlowe as…
Arnold, Oliver
Arnold, Oliver. The Third Citizen : Shakespeare’s Theater and the Early Modern House of Commons. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007. search.ebscohost.com.fscproxy.framingham.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=mzh&AN=2007581099&site=ehost-live….
Kelsey Rhodes – February 24- March 2, 2022
…epistles, the first chapters, and the Shakespeare sections. Then I created a blurb for each of them which describes the pages and the content. I also created a blurb for…
“Henry Chettle 1564-1606”
“Henry Chettle 1564-1606.” No Sweat Shakespeare, www.nosweatshakespeare.com/resources/era/shakespeare-contemporaries/henry-chettle-1564-1606/….
Massacre at Paris, EMED (2017)
…written by Christopher Marlowe. This edition features original and modernized online reading versions, downloadable pdfs, and the XML for each version. The text has been generated from the microfilm facsimile…
Hoeniger, F. D.
Hoeniger, F. D. “New Harvey Marginalia on Hamlet and Richard III.” Shakespeare Quarterly, vol. 17, no. 2, 1966, pp. 151–155. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com.fscproxy.framingham.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=mzh&AN=0000200745&site=ehost-live….
Willis, Garry
Willis, Garry. Rome and Rhetoric: Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. Yale University Press, 2011. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com.fscproxy.framingham.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=mzh&AN=2011032401&site=ehost-live….
Reid, Lindsay Ann
Reid, Lindsay A. “The Spectre of the School of Night: Former Scholarly Fictions and the Stuff of Academic Fiction.” Early Modern Literary Studies, 2014, pp. 1-31. ProQuest, search.proquest.com….
“Richard Burbage”
“Richard Burbage.” Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 Apr. 2020, www.britannica.com/biography/Richard-Burbage….
“The Lord Chamberlain’s Men & The Kings Men”
“The Lord Chamberlain’s Men & The Kings Men.” No Sweat Shakespeare, 26 Jan. 2020, www.nosweatshakespeare.com/resources/life/lord-chamberlains-men-kings-men/….
Henry VI, Part II.txt
Click Here to download a “clean” .txt document of Christopher Marlowe and Thomas Nashe and William Shakespeare’s Henry VI, Part II (Regular Spelling). The file has undergone the following data…
Henry VI, Part III.txt
Click Here to download a “clean” .txt document of Christopher Marlowe and Thomas Nashe and William Shakespeare’s Henry VI, Part III (Regular spelling). The file has undergone the following data…
Henry VI, Part I.txt
…in order to make it suitable for text analysis: Line numbers, IMG and SIG information using RegEx: [a-z]+\s\d\d\d\d Page breaks and indents removed manually Speaker tags removed manually Spaces entered…
Project Update: October 2018
…1664 verse edition of Dr. Faustus. So far, she has copyedited the text and is presently editing the encoding and linking names to our personography database. The latter remains incomplete…
Christopher Marlowe and Espionage Bibliography
Tiernan, R. Kent. “Walsingham’s Entrapment of Mary Stuart: The Modern Perspective of a Deception Analyst/Planner.” American Intelligence Journal, vol. 34, no. 1, 2017, pp. 146–156. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/26497131. Accessed 20 Nov….
Doctor Faustus
…Many believe the play was composed in 1588. Doctor Faustus was printed by Valentine Simmes for Thomas Bushell. The B text is a reconstruction of the A text and may…
World Web/IDEM
The WordWeb/IDEM database maps the dense network of quotations, cross-references and in-jokes that links hundreds of English plays from Shakespeare’s time. If a comedy or tragedy was a hit on…
Francis, Duke of Anjou
…success. The Treaty of Plessis-les-Tours in 1580 between the Dutch States General–with the exceptions of Zeeland and Holland–and Anjou, saw Francis assume nominal sovereignty over the Dutch Republic and become…
Edward II
Marlowe’s Edward II was first printed by Robert Robinson for William Jones in 1594, but the play was first performed in 1592 for Pembroke’s Men. Edward II tells the story…
Poley (Pooley), Robert
Robert Poley (Pooley) Robert Poley spied for the Elizabethan government, carried messages, and played a key role in the Babington Plot. Robert Poley worked as a messenger and spy for…
Teaching TEI
…to encode Layout and Style. All guides have been directly adapted from Janelle Jenstad and Martin Holmes’ materials developed for The Map of Early Modern London Pedagogical Partnership program. This…
“Ovid”
“Ovid.” Encyclopedia of World Biography Online, Gale, 1998. Gale In Context: Biography, https://link-gale-com.fscproxy.framingham.edu/apps/doc/K1631005000/BIC?u=fst&sid=BIC&xid=79a2424a…
How to Add Alt-text in Google Slides
Using Google Slides for Commonplace Books and other collaborative assignments allows us to creatively incorporate visual elements to support our ideas. However, visual elements like images, diagrams, and charts become…
TEI Metadata & Personography
The following guide walks one through adding metadata to TEI encoding projects, as well as instructions for adding persons to The Kit Marlowe Project’s personography. Howto_05_Adding_Metadata_and_Encoding_PersonsDownload Return to Teaching Resources…
Syllabi (F 2017, Sp 2018)
Download PDF versions of syllabi for the Learning Community, “A Rogue’s Progress: Mapping Kit Marlowe’s Social Networks,” taught at Stonehill College in Fall 2017 and Spring 2018. Rogue’s Progress, Spring…
Pereira, September 16-22, 2018
…transcriptions and encoding), then focus on some research surrounding the field of digital humanities and the annotated bibliography that Professor Cohen and I had talked about. If I make it…
Real Fantastic Beasts
This podcast, hosted by Alexa Sand and Ian MacInnes, seperates the fact from fiction when it comes to animals and creatures from the Medieval and Elizabethan era. On the podcast…
The Theatre History Podcast
Hosted by Michael Lueger, this podcast takes an in-depth look at notable events in theatre history. The website has notes that accompany each episode, and some episodes have transcripts and…
Thomas, Sidney
Thomas, Sidney. “Henry Chettle and the First Quarto of Romeo and Juliet.” The Review of English Studies, vol. 1, no. 1, 1950, pp. 8–16. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/511771….
“Baines Note”
“Accusations against Christopher Marlowe by Richard Baines and others.” British Library, Harley MS 6848, www.bl.uk/collection-items/accusations-against-christopher-marlowe-by-richard-baines-and-others. Page features facsimile image of holograph note, plus transcription and commentary….
April 25, 2021
…I made a note of which websites would be the most helpful for finding sources for my final paper on the basis that Would likely write about either Othello or…
Daniel, Samuel
…leaving after three years to study poetry and philosophy, and became a servant of the English ambassador of France. The Countess of Pembroke, Mary Sidney, first taught him prose and…
Henry Chillester, Youthes Witte (1581)
Henry Chillester. Youthes Witte, or, The vvitte of grene youth choose gentlemen, and mez-dames which of them shall best lyke you compiled and gathered together, London, John Wolfe, 1581, STC…
Sample Commonplace Books
This slideshow offers an overview of early modern commonplacing, research practices, and sample prompts for students to create multi-media class commonplace books using open-access digital resources. Students’ digital commonplace books…
Carey, George
…a member of Parliament for the county of Hertfordshire (1571) and for the county of Hampshire (1584, 1586, 1589, and 1593). In 1597, he was appointed Lord Chamberlain of the…
Kelsey Rhodes – April 9, 2022 – April 15, 2022
…and more about them. I think having not finished this aspect of the project makes it feel not completely finished. Otherwise I think we accomplished a lot this semester and…
MoEML: Map of Early Modern London
The Map of Early Modern London‘s Agas Map is a terrific resource for mapping London locations, and their Gazetteer is an invaluable resource for looking up place names. Here you’ll…
The First Part of Henry VI – BBC (1983)
…the subject character; Benson, however, gives a powerful and convincing performance as the English king with the limited material he is given. Performance available for purchase on Amazon.com. Image Credit…
Goldstone, Herbert
Goldstone, Herbert. “Reviewed Work: The Life and Minor Works of George Peele by David Horne.” Modern Philology, vol. 51, no. 4, 1954, pp. 277–278. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/435176….
Dickson, Andrew
Dickson, Andrew. “Christopher Marlowe: the Man, the Myth and the Mighty Line.” The British Library, 31 Mar. 2017, www.bl.uk/shakespeare/articles/christopher-marlowe-the-man-the-myth-and-the-mighty-line….
AntConc
This downloadable app facilitates corpus and concordance analyses. Click the adorable logo here to go download AntConc! The Kit Marlowe Project is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International…
Shakespeare, William
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) Although not a “Londoner,” Shakespeare spent most of his adult life there writing and performing plays, socializing in the same literary circle as Christopher Marlowe and other…
Dido, Queen of Carthage
…for Thomas Woodcocke. According to the ESTC, only three copies of this play survive. Move your cursor over the tiles below to view available open-source editions and additional resources featuring…
Massacre at Paris
The Massacre at Paris was first performed in 1593 by Lord Strange’s Men and later published c. 1594 by Edward Allde for Edward White in London. This historical play dramatizes…
Henslowe, Philip
Philip Henslowe was the owner of a few prominent playhouses and a financial keeper for some of the best acting companies in England. He was born in 1550 in Linfield,…
Carey, George
…on, Carey moved into politics and became a member of parliament for the county of Hertfordshire (1571) and for the county of Hampshire, England (1584, 1586, 1589, and 1593). In…
Tamburlaine the Great, Part 1
Tamburlaine the Great, Part 1 was Christopher Marlowe’s first play. It was written and performed around 1587 and first published in 1590 by Richard Jones. The play was first performed…
Kelsey Rhodes – February 3- February 9, 2022
…such as spacing issues that were causing words to merge. One of the two main things I focused on was changing and correcting the font sizes specifically for titles and…
Bradley, William
…which was also the place of his death. Bradley’s father’s name was William Bradley Sr, and raised Bradley on the corner of High Holborn and Gray’s Inn Lane. Bradley was…
Medieval Death Trip
Patrick Lane’s podcast examines primary sources from the Medieval Era in order to learn more about the history, daily lives, and cultures of the world at that time. The podcast…
That Shakespeare Life
…synopsis, reading resources, art, analysis, and more. Unfortunately, the extra information for some of the episodes is paywalled. Click here for more information. Episode Length 20-40 minutes Selected Episodes Episode…
McCabe, Richard A.
McCabe, Richard A. “Elizabethan Satire and the Bishops’ Ban of 1599.” The Yearbook of English Studies, vol. 11, Special Number, 1981, pp. 188-193, JSTOR, doi: 10.2307/3506267, www.jstor.org/stable/3506267?seq=1….
Elizabeth I
Elizabeth I. Queen Elizabeth I: Selected Works, Edited by Steven May. Simon and Schuster, 2004. – “The Tilbury Speech” in Elizabetha triumphans by James Aske, Thomas Gubbin, 1588, STC 847….
Harriot, Thomas
…a noteworthy English scientist who many had regarded as the “Tycho Brahe of optics and the English Galileo, his interests were mathematics, philosophy, and religion” (Lynn, 207). During his time…
Walsingham, Francis
Francis Walsingham Francis Walsingham (1532-1590) was Queen Elizabeth I’s principal secretary and spymaster. He attended King’s College in Cambridge and continued his studies in France and Italy before returning to…
Henslowe, Phillip
Phillip Henslowe Philip Henslowe was the owner of a few prominent playhouses and a financial keeper for some of the best acting companies in England. He was born in 1550…
“How to” Videos
This collection of “how to” videos contains information about how to work in our Word Press site, as well as how to use digital knowledge-bases for scholarly research including the…
Raleigh, Sir Walter
…I, the first Stuart king of England, was convinced that Raleigh was conspiring against his throne and England. Raleigh was arrested in 1603, by English authority and imprisoned for thirteen…
Ralegh, Sir Walter
…England, was convinced that Ralegh was conspiring against his throne and England. As a result, Ralegh was arrested on in July, 1603, by English authority and imprisoned for thirteen years,…
Files for Text Analysis – Delete
The text files below have been ‘cleaned’ for text analysis. Line numbers, editorial information, and speaker tags have been removed, as well as some other light edits. For Original Spelling…
Lyly, John
John Lyly (c. 1553/1554 Kent, England – November 1606 London, England) was an Elizabethan prose writer, dramatist, playwright, poet, and politician for Queen Elizabeth’s court. John Lyly was an Elizabethan…
Students reflect on “Dangerous Knowledge”: March 2018
…Bibliography and our Excel collection of Ographies (a growing database of person names, place names, and titles that we are currently editing and will link to the works students have…
Alleyn, Edward
Edward “Ned” Alleyn (1566-1626) was an early modern London actor and founder of Dulwich College. He was known for his physical size and ability to handle commanding parts. Born in…
“Elizabethan Theatre History Timeline”
“Elizabethan Theatre History Timeline.” Elizabethan-Era, www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/elizabethan-theatre-history-timeline.htm….
“James Burbage”
“James Burbage.” Bardstage, www.bardstage.org/james-burbage.htm….
Goff, Moira
Goff, Moira. “Playhouses – Shakespeare in Quarto.” The British Library, 9 Sept. 2004, www.bl.uk/treasures/shakespeare/playhouses.html#theatre….
Larsen, Thorleif
Larsen, Thorleif. “A Bibliography of the Writings of George Peele.” Modern Philology, vol. 32, no. 2, 1934, pp. 143–156., www.jstor.org/stable/434042….
Jokinen, Anniina
…Anniina. “The Life of Thomas Nashe.” Luminarium, luminarium.org. — “Christopher Marlowe.” Luminarium, luminarium.org. — “The Life of Samuel Daniel.” Luminarium, luminarium.org. — “The Life of George Peele (1558-1598).” Luminarium, www.luminarium.org/renlit/peelebio.htm….
Proofreading Ographies
…5 complete, approved entries for encoding and linking. Step 1: Check EACH COLUMN’S information to make sure it is correct. Everything needs proofreading! Make sure you’ve indicated which type of…
Dido, Queen of Carthage. Early Modern English Drama (1594)
…features original and modernized spelling reading versions, plus downloadable PDFs or XML files. This text has been generated from the microfilm version of the play available through the Early English…
Murder
…towards the queen. The murder theory has not been proved, however, rumors and documentation validate parts of it. Marlowe had been under suspicion for being an atheist and promoting violence…
Daniel, Samuel
…and ideas for his writings, only coming out to socialize with friends. He eventually gave up his benefactors and court titles, effectively ending his writing career. He retired on a…
The Dark Histories Podcast
…has further information on the website, including a bibliography. Click here for more information. Episode Length 1 hour – 1 1/2 hours Selected Episodes Season 7, Episode 20: The Lancashire…
Knutson, Roslyn
Knutson, Roslyn. “Marlowe, Company Ownership, and the Role of Edward II.” Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England: An Annual Gathering of Research, Criticism and Reviews, vol. 18, 2005, JSTOR, jstor.org/stable/24322602….
Graphemica – For people who ♥ letters, numbers, punctuation, &c
Graphemica is a great resource for finding Unicode for especially tricky special characters and printer’s ornaments. Placeholder Click the image to visit Graphemica, and be sure to click the letters…
Natalie Haynes Stands Up For The Classics
Led by Natalie Haynes, this podcast takes a lighthearted and satirical look at ancient history and literature. Many of her episodes are recorded in front of a live audience. Click…
Bow and Blade
…and why of these wars, and how the outcome has shaped history. Click here for more information. Episode Length 1 hour- 1 1/2 hours Selected Episodes Episode 17: The Siege…
Early Modern Digital Collections
Wynken de Worde, aka Sarah Werner, has collated an exceptional list of open-access Early Modern Digital Collections. All of these resources feature access to early modern primary texts. Placeholder Click…
Luminarium
Luminarium: Anthology of English Literature links to information and selected editions of Marlowe’s works available online. Luminarium is also an excellent resource for literary study beyond the English Renaissance; it…
Dido, Queen of Carthage. EEBO-TCP (1594)
…from the microfilm facsimile versions of the play available through the Early English Books Online database that was printed by Widow Orwin for Thomas Woodcocke (STC 17441). Return…
1 H6 Performance
…theatre. Here are four different versions that have been filmed and put online for viewing. The First Part of Henry VI – BBC (1983) Henry VI Part 1 – Shakespeare’s…
Kyd, Thomas
Thomas Kyd (1558-1594) was an influential Elizabethan playwright whose most famous plays include The Spanish Tragedy and The Tragedy of Soliman and Perseda. His parents were Anna and Francis Kyd;…
Fall 2018: Framingham State University Contributors
…Why online study guides don’t work. (Meredith R. Purba, 2019; Elizabeth Cavicchi, 2019; Andrew Jeromski, 2019) Games and Quizzes The Ultimate Henry VI: Part One Quiz (Dev Rangachari, 2019; Emily…
Bray, Peter
Bray, Peter. “Men, Loss and Spiritual Emergency: Shakespeare, the Death of Hamnet and the Making of Hamlet.” Journal of Men, Masculinities & Spirituality, vol. 2, no. 2, June 2008, pp….
Nashe, Thomas
Thomas Nashe Thomas Nashe (1567-1601) was a satirical Elizabethan writer of poetry, pamphlets, and dramatic works. Nashe was born to William and Margaret Nashe in Lowestoft, England in November 1567….
British History: Royals, Rebels, and Romantics
…cultural traditions. Click here for more information. Episode Length 20 – 40 minutes Selected Episodes Episode 105: Shakespeare: Teaching and Learning with Dr. Peggy O’ Brien (Spotify) Episode 103: Exit,…
“Hero and Leander”
Under construction: Insert short synopsis about the history of “Hero and Leander” here. “Hero and Leander,” Perseus Project “Hero and Leander”, Renascence Editions (1595) Return to Works…
Massacre at Paris, EEBO-TCP (2003)
…the play available through the Early English Books Online database that was printed by Widow Orwin for Thomas Woodcocke c.1594[?] (STC 17441). Return to Massacre at Paris Return to Works…
Babington, Anthony
…Mary, he and his father, John Ballard, led an April 1586 plot to Murder Queen Elizabeth to start a Catholic uprising against England and liberate Mary. Robert Poley and Nicholas…
Alleyn, Edward
Edward Alleyn Edward Alleyn (1566-1626) was an actor in early London who founded of Dulwich College. He was known for his physical size and handle of commanding parts. Born in…
Ouid’s Elegies
…work in progress begun by Caroline Hawkes (Framingham State University ’25). These poems were transcribed and encoded following the microfilm edition available on the Early English Books Online database: Ouid’s…
Bindoff, S.T.
Bindoff, S.T. “Topcliffe, Richard (1531-1604), of Somerby, Lincs. and Westminster.” History of Parliament Online, Crown Publishing Group, 2016, historyofparliamentonline.org….
Tamburlaine the Great, Part One. Early Modern English Drama (1590)
Here one may link to Early Modern English Drama’s (Folger Shakespeare Library) edited edition of the 1590 Tamburlaine the Great, 1 written by Christopher Marlowe. This edition features original and…
Bradley, William
William Bradley (c. 1563-1589) was the son of William Bradley, Sr. and was raised on the corner of High Holborn and Gray’s Inn Lane. Bradley was frequently in trouble; his…
Budiansky, Stephen
Budiansky, Stephen. Her Majesty’s Spymaster: Elizabeth I, Sir Francis Walsingham, and the Birth of Modern Espionage. Viking, 2005. Budiansky, Stephen. “Sir Francis Walsingham.” Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 June 2015, britannica.com/biography….
“Death of Marlowe”
“The Magician, the Heretic, and the Playwright.” The Norton Anthology of English Literature, 2010, wwnorton.com….
Dugdale, John
Dugdale, John. “How close were Marlowe and Shakespeare?” The Guardian, 28 October, 2016. theguardian.com….
Licence, Amy
Licence, Amy. “Christopher Marlowe’s Family and the Birth of Modern English Midwifery in Elizabethan Canterbury.” hist story, her story, 2013, authorherstorianparent.blogspot.com….
Cerasano, Susan P.
Cerasano, Susan P. “Philip Henslowe, Simon Forman, and the Theatrical Community of the 1950s.” Shakespeare Quarterly, Vol. 44, No. 2, 1993, pp. 145-158. JSTOR, jstor.org/stable/2871136. Cerasano, Susan P. “Henslowe’s ‘Curious’…
How and Why History
In this podcast, Rob Weinberg gives a recap of notable historical events. His episodes span a wide range of time periods and cultures. Click here for more information. Episode Length…
Harriot, Thomas
…they made advances in navigation, cartography, and anthropology. Harriot and Raleigh were also friends with Christopher Marlowe, who was reputed to share their interest in the “alien” and the “exotic,”…
Greene, Robert
Robert Greene Robert Greene (1558-1592) was a popular English pamphleteer and dramatist. Most famously known for a pamphlet attributed to him, Greene’s Groats-Worth of Wit, which is believed to critique…
Thomas Pennant Barton Shakespeare Collection at the Boston Public Library
The Thomas Pennant Barton Shakespeare Collection at the Boston Public Library is an online treasure trove of early modern works published around Shakespeare’s time. Among many wonders, the collection contains…
Greene, Robert
…received his BA. Later, he received his MA at Clare College, Cambridge. Upon graduation, Greene married and embarked on his literary career; he soon abandoned his wife and newborn child….
Richard Cholmeley Bibliography Intro
…a wealthy family of sheep farmers and landowners, he later moved to East Yorkshire. In 1497 He was knitted soldier and served in the army for a few years. He…
ON THE DEATH OF A MOST DISTINGUISHED MAN, SIR ROGER MANWOOD, LORD CHIEF BARON OF THE EXCHEQUER
…He was a virtuous man and with a glance he held “thunderstruck so many thousands of mortals.” Marlowe suggesting that Manwood was godly in his virtue and judgement and therefore…
Pernoud, Regine
Pernoud, Regine. “Saint Joan of Arc.” New Catholic Encyclopedia, Gale, 2003, Biography In Context, cvdvn.files.wordpress.com….
Loughnane, Rory
Loughnane, Rory. “Marlowe, Not Shakespeare – So What?” OUPblog, 4 Nov. 2016, blog.oup.com….
BBC
BBC Editor. “Christopher Marlowe Credited as Shakespeare’s Co-writer.” BBC News, 24 Oct. 2016, bbc.com….
Smith, Nicole
Smith, Nicole. “Atheism in Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe.” Article Myriad, 6 Dec. 2011, articlemyriad.com….
Flynn, Derek
Flynn, Derek. “Christopher Marlowe: the Elizabethan James Bond.” Irish Times, 6 June, 2016, irishtimes.com….
Conradt, Stacey
Conradt, Stacey. “The Mysterious Death of Christopher Marlowe.” Mental Floss, 2016, mentalfloss.com….
Garrett, George
Garrett, George. “Who Killed Christopher Marlowe?” New York Times, 16 September 1990. nytimes.com….
Hrala, Josh
Hrala, Josh. “Christopher Marlowe Has Officially Been Credited as Co-Author of 3 Shakespeare Plays.” Science Alert, 2016, sciencealert.com….
Craig, Hugh
Craig, Hugh. “Ignore the doubters: here’s why Christopher Marlowe co-wrote Shakespeare’s Henry VI.” The Conversation, 9 Nov. 2016, theconversation.com….
Lamb, R
Lamb, R. “Thomas Nashe: Elizabethan Writer.” Thomas Nashe: Elizabethan Writer, 2015, members.tripod.com….
Cowie, L.W.
Cowie, L.W. “Kings in the Tower of London.” History Today, vol. 28, no. 9, Sept. 1978, pp. 589, historytoday.com….
Walsh, Andrew
Walsh, Andrew. “Richard Topcliffe – ‘The Cruellest Tyrant of All England.’” Tudor Stuff: Tudor History from the Heart of England, 2012, tudorstuff.wordpress.com….
Deloney, Thomas
…Most Joyfull Songe, made in the Behalfe of All Her Maiesties Faithfull Subjects, of the Great Joy, at the Taking of the Late Trayterous Conspirators: Ballad. Jones, 1586. EEBO, eebo.chadwyck.com….
Shakespeare, William
Shakespeare, William, et al. The New Oxford Shakespeare, Modern Critical Edition. Edited by Gary Taylor, et al, OUP, 2016. Oxford Scholarly Editions, oxfordscholarlyeditions.com….
Henry VI, Part I – Globe Theatre (2013)
…Graham Butler as the naïve and quiet King Henry VI, Garry Cooper as the soft-spoken Duke of Gloucester, and Beatriz Romilly as the bewitching Joan of Arc. Performed and filmed…
Pereira, October 15-20, 2018
…a word with a special character. Update: I’ve finished going through the text, and will work on the code tomorrow. Hopefully I’ll be able to finish that by tomorrow and…
Pereira, October 15-20, 2018
…a word with a special character. Update: I’ve finished going through the text, and will work on the code tomorrow. Hopefully I’ll be able to finish that by tomorrow and…
Assignments and Tip Sheets
…the foregoing teaching resources have been authored and should be cited accordingly. The Kit Marlowe Project by Kristen Abbott Bennett is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License….
Walsingham, Sir Francis
Francis Walsingham (1532-1590) was Queen Elizabeth I’s principal secretary and spymaster. He attended King’s College in Cambridge and continued his studies in France and Italy. As a Member of Parliament…
Not Shakespeare: Elizabethan and Jacobean Popular Theatre
…of a live audience. Click here for more information. Episode Length 50 minutes Selected Episodes Dr Faustus: Christopher Marlowe (RSS) The Spanish Tragedy: Thomas Kyd (RSS) Available On: Apple RSS…
British Library, Shakespeare and Renaissance Writers
The British Library offers accessible blogs about early modern authors in historical, literary, and critical contexts in the subsection entitled “Explore Shakespeare and Renaissance Writers in Context.” Placeholder Click the…
The Life and Death of Doctor Faustus, Project Gutenberg (A-text modified) (1697)
“Modified” by William Mountfort, this farcical edition of Doctor Faustus was published in 1697, and performed multiple times at the Queens Theater in Dorset Garden. The edition was later edited…
“Fencing History and Tales”
“Fencing History and Tales.” Destreza Translation and Research Project, destreza.us….
Bennett, Kristen Abbott and Andrew Jeromski
Bennett, Kristen Abbott and Andrew Jeromski. “’The Glory of Our Sexe’: Elizabeth I and Early Modern Women Writers.” Women Writers in Context, The Women Writers Project, Northeastern University, May 2020,…
Shakespeare and Early Modern Streams (performance)
Thea Buckley has generously curated Shakespeare and Early Modern Streams featuring streaming productions of Shakespeare’s and his contemporaries works. The Kit Marlowe Project is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike…
Shakespeare Reloaded
Shakespeare Reloaded is a rich resource offering both teachers and students tools, games, theories, and techniques for generating imaginative environments from which to engage with Shakespeare and his contemporaries. The…
Pereira, October 28-November 3, 2018
…the descriptions of each of the editions of Faustus, and then worked on the bibliography. Edit: For the 1664 version of Faustus, I went into the code and made sure…
Not Just the Tudors
…podcast is not solely about the Tudors, and covers a broad span of countries and cultures. Click here for more information. Episode Length 30-50 minutes Selected Episodes Episode 247: Girls…
Brown, Meaghan, Michael Poston, and Elizabeth Williamson
Brown, Meaghan, Michael Poston, and Elizabeth Williamson, editors. Folger Shakespeare Library, A Digital Anthology of Early Modern English Drama, emed.folger.edu….
Digital Renaissance Editions
“Digital Renaissance Editions publishes electronic scholarly editions of early English drama and texts of related interest, from late medieval moralities and Tudor interludes, occasional entertainments and civic pageants, academic and…
Braunmuller, A.R. and Michael Hattaway
Braunmuller, A.R. and, Michael Hattaway. The Cambridge Companion to English Renaissance Drama. Cambridge University Press, 2003….
Conclusion
…understand the specific character in any meaningful way, and they all promote shallow, limited understanding of complex characters. This leads to misinterpretation and a limited view of the character, with…
Quintessence
Project Quintessence is an excellent tool for text-based data analysis. Quintessence, produced by UC Davis Datalab, draws on 60,000 texts to generate in-depth analytics for word meanings, word frequencies and…
Baines, Richard
…became a deacon, and eventually a priest. After plotting to poison the seminary’s well, he was imprisoned for one year. Evidence suggests that Marlowe was also in Rheims at this…
Skeres, Nicholas
Nicholas Skeres (March 1563 – c.1601) was a con-man and government informant. Skeres worked as a servant for Thomas Walsingham. He was a government provocateur and a part of discovering…
Ingram Frizer
Ingram Frizer Ingram Frizer (1561-1627) is known for the murder of Christopher Marlowe, in an act done by the English Secret Service. Ingram Frizer was supposedly born in Kingsclere, Hampshire….
Skeres, Nicholas
…of Merchant Taylors. He worked as a servant for Thomas Walsingham. He was a government provocateur and a part of discovering the Babington Plot, working as a spy with Francis…
Baines, Richard
…the English College at Rheims in France. While at the seminary he became a deacon, and eventually a priest. After plotting to poison the seminaries well, he was imprisoned for…
How to: Transcription
…typography, and recognize basic bibliographic features. Return to Teaching Resources The Kit Marlowe Project is directed by Kristen Abbott Bennett and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License….
Protest Too Much: A Shakespeare Showdown
…and each person picks a character and play they believe best fits the category. Each person must defend their position, and the listener can vote in a poll for which…
Text Analysis
…Also, see below for instructions about how to analyze Marlowe’s and/or Shakespeare’s works using Jupyter Notebooks by either downloading Anaconda, or running them from GitHub’s Codespaces. Analysis options include creating…
Lyly, John
John Lyly (c. 1553/1554 – 1606) was an Elizabethan prose writer, dramatist, poet, and courtier. Lyly attended King’s School in Canterbury, and Magdalen College at Oxford, earning his BA and…
Journal of Marlowe Studies
…happy to entertain suggestions for guest-edited issues, and will consider film reviews if the question arises. The Kit Marlowe Project is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License….
Assignments & Activities
Following are sample assignments and in-class activities that require no special software or encoding expertise and are suitable for English and General Education classroom use. Encyclopedia Entry + Digital Commonplace…
Shakespeare Anyone?
In this podcast, Kourtney Smith and Elyse Sharp aim to view Shakespeare in new and diverse contexts. They also discuss how his works have been performed throughout history, and how…
The Precarious World of Thomas Nashe
…plague and ghosts, and how these concepts were explored in Nashe’s writing. They also examine how Nashe’s legacy is remembered today. Click here for more information. Episode Length 30 minutes…
Project Inception and Reflections
Project Inception: Fall 2017 Ideas in Motion: Looking back at Fall 2017 Students reflect on “Dangerous Knowledge”: March 2018 Post-Launch Reflections: May 2018 Return to About…
Anti-Conspiracy
Kit Marlowe: Disproving Conspiracy Theories Welcome to our Anti-Conspiracy Page! We have compiled primary sources and scholarly journals to counter common conspiracy theories around the life of Christopher Marlowe. We…
Seditious Bookes and Libelles (DRAFT)
Felons and Pirates (DRAFT)
Rams Write (writing resource)
Rams Write is a by-students-for-students LibGuide published by Framingham State University that includes tips for paper organization, revision, clarity, frequently confused words, and grammar and mechanics. Click the image or…
Drury, Thomas
Thomas Drury (1551-1603) was a government informant who accused Marlowe of atheism. Drury worked for Sir Nicholas Bacon as a government informant and messenger. Drury attended Caius College, but didn’t…
Drury, Thomas
Thomas Drury (1551-1603), a government informant, accused Marlowe of atheism. Thomas Drury worked for Sir Nicholas Bacon as a government informant and messenger. Drury attended Caius College, but didn’t earn…
Henry VI Part 1 – Shakespeare’s Globe (2012)
…Gloucester. The performance follows the history of England after King Henry V has died and his young son, Henry VI, unsuccessfully attempts to mitigate quarrels between English troops, resulting in…
Watson, Thomas
Thomas Watson (1555/1557-1592) was an English poet and author of The Hekatompathia, or Passionate Century of Love. Watson and Christopher Marlowe were arrested and incarcerated at Newgate Prison for the…
CURAH: Collaboration in Undergraduate Research
In Fall 2020, Kristen Abbott Bennett wrote a blog for The Arts and Humanities Division of The Council on Undergraduate Research about force-multiplying collaboration in undergraduate classrooms. Click here to…