Websites Directly Related to this Course:

Norton's Text-Associated Website

How to Prepare an Annotated Bibliography (Cornell University Library site)

Cindy Adams's British Literature Timeline at Studyguide.org

Information Presented in Class:

Origins of Our Alphabet

A Micro-History of the English Language

Major Anglo-Saxon English Dialects

Major Middle English Dialects

Dr. Edwin Duncan's Introduction to Old English Language and Writing

BBC's The Ages of English: A History of the Language in 10 Acts

Anatomy of a Castle

Ballads Discussed in Class

Ballads Playlist at YouTube.com

Versification

British Accents

Heraldry

Rubrics for Grading Papers and Presentations


Resources Concerning Works and Writers Covered in Class:

Beowulf Resources

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Resources

Chaucer Resources

Malory Resources

Spenser Resources

Marlowe Resources

Shakespeare Resources

Donne Resources

Jonson Resources

Milton Resources

Dryden Resources

Pope Resources

Johnson Resources

Wordsworth Resources

Coleridge Resources

Byron Resources

Keats Resources

Tennyson Resources

Browning Resources

Wilde Resources

Hardy Resources

Yeats Resources

Lawrence Resources

Eliot Resources

Rushdie Resources


Historical and Literary Studies:

The ORB: On-line Reference Book for Medieval Studies

The Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies

The Domesday Book

The Sutton Hoo Society

Courtly Love

The Heroic Code

British Orders of Chivalry

Arthurian Legend

King Arthur & the Knights of the Round Table

Castles-of-Britain.com

Richard III Society

Renaissance: The Elizabethan World

Tudor England, 1485 to 1603

Elizabethan England

Encyclopaedia of British History: 1500-1950

Britannia

Historic Royal Palaces

The Victorian Era

The Victorian Web

Victorian Art & Design

The Churchill Society

Poets Laureate of England

Historic UK


Interesting Sites to Browse:

Folk Music of England, Scotland, Wales, and America

Bodleian Library Broadside Ballads

Royal Society of St. George

Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage

Buy your own Noble Titles: Please note that I do not advocate this practice!!

Seven Deadly Sins

Currency Conversion and Exchange Rates

Current Local Time in London

UK Weather

Royal Coats of Arms

Jack the Ripper

Cadbury Chocolate

Fortnum & Mason

Harrods

Lea & Perrins

The Foody - UK & Ireland

The BBC

The London Eye

The Wildlife Trusts

Burberry

London Transport

UK Department for Transport

Images of England

Wimbledon

Information Britain

British Council


Official Sites of the British Government and Social Organizations:

Official Web Site of the British Monarchy

10 Downing Street

The UK Parliament

The Crown Estate

The Bank of England

The National Archives

National Statistics Online

The National Health Service

The Royal Mail

The Royal Parks


Gardening:

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Stowe Landscape Gardens

Museum of Garden History

Penshurst Place and Gardens

Victorian Language of Flowers

National Gardens Scheme


Cultural Sites:

The Church of England

The Royal Society -- the UK National Academy of Science

The British Library

The Bodleian Library

Ascot Racecourse

The Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Westminster Abbey

The British Museum

The Arts Council of England

The National Gallery

Victoria & Albert Museum

Punch and Judy

The Crystal Palace

The Tea Home Page

The Bramah Museum of Tea & Coffee

The British Food Trust and the Great British Kitchen

Royal Shakespeare Company

Tate Modern

Royal Observatory, National Maritime Museum

Natural History Museum

Royal Court Theatre

Shakespeare's Globe Theatre


British Radio Broadcasts:

Radio 5 Live

LBC 1152

Virgin Radio

Classic Gold Digital

Capital Gold


Newspapers in the UK:

Electronic Telegraph

The Times

The Sunday Times

The Guardian/Observer

Evening Standard

The Scotsman

Glasgow Daily Record/Sunday Mail

Irish News

Belfast Telegraph

The Daily Anorak

The Sporting Life

The Financial Times  

The Daily Mirror