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16th Century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixteenth_century Provides a chronology of events, significant people, inventions, discoveries, and introductions.

16th Century Settlements - http://dhr.dos.state.fl.us/facts/history/settlements/ Information on the groups along with a map depicting sites at the time of European discovery.

A History of Political Thought in the Sixteenth Century - http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=463083 Work that focuses on political theory by J. W. Allen, 1951 by subscription.

A Royal Century in Greenwich - http://wwp.greenwichpast.com/history/time-line/c16th.htm A timeline.

Charter to Sir Walter Raleigh - 1584 - http://avalon.law.yale.edu/16th_century/raleigh.asp The complete text of the document.

Conquistadors - http://www.pbs.org/conquistadors/ Illustrated with period maps, drawings, and letters, this site follows the paths of sixteenth century conquistadors Hernán Cortés, Francisco Pizarro, Cabeza de Vaca, and Francisco de Orellana.

Divulging Utopia - Radical Humanism in Sixteenth-Century England - http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=11020369 Work that examines the humanist movement in England and traces the reception of a single work, Sir Thomas More's Utopia (1516), in relation to that movement by David Weil Baker, 1999 by subscription.

Early Modern Resources - http://www.earlymodernweb.org.uk/emr/ Extensive links assigned by category.

Elizabeth I - The Spanish Armada 1588 - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1588elizabeth.html The queen's words when she visited her troops in the field.

English Currency - 16th Century - http://www.bignell.uk.com/16th_century.htm Monetary system through use of charts.

Europe and England in the Sixteenth Century - http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=103003453 Covers political, social, religious, and economic history by T. A. Morris, 1998 by subscription.

Events That Changed the World through the Sixteenth Century - http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=101366748 Expulsion of the Muslims, flowering of the Renaissance, religious strife, and expansion into the New World, political, religious, and social changes that took place on every continent are examined by John E. Findling, 2001 by subscription.

Evidence of 16th-Century Spanish Fort in Appalachia - http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/11/1122_041122_spanish_fort.html Archaeologists may have unearthed evidence that Spanish soldiers roamed Appalachia with photographs.

History of Dogma in the Period of the Mendicant Orders, till the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century - http://www.ccel.org/ccel/harnack/dogma6.ii.ii.ii.html Part of the complete text written by Dr. Adolph Harnak.

History: The 16th Century - http://www.didyouknow.org/history/16thcentury.htm Innovations, inventions, discoveries and personalities of the 16th century within a comprehensive chronology.

Internetography on Renaissance Intellectual History - http://www.phil-hum-ren.uni-muenchen.de/GGRENirDB/default.htm The main focus is on history of philosophy from c. 1348 to c. 1648.

Le Poulet Gauche - http://www.lepg.org/ A guide to the history, culture, and daily life of 16th century France.

Luther's Legacy - Salvation and English Reformers, 1525-1556 - http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=74343285 Carl R. Trueman distinguishes Luther's influence from that of the Catholic Humanists before him on these five reformers, 1994 by subscription.

North Carolina Museum of History - History Highlights - http://ncmuseumofhistory.org/nchh/sixteenth.html A chronology of events.

Northern Mannerism in the Early Sixteenth Century - http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/nman/hd_nman.htm Historical article on art.

Proponents of Limited Monarchy in Sixteenth Century France - Francis Hotman and Jean Bodin - http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=98232363 A complete readable book by Beatrice Reynolds, 1931 by subscription.

Queen Elizabeth I Against the Spanish Armada - http://www.historyplace.com/speeches/elizabeth.htm The words spoken by the Queen when visiting the troops in the field as they prepared for battle in 1588.

Reformers of the 16th Century - An Online Study - http://www.eldrbarry.net/heidel/heidel.htm A list of links to sites.

Sir Francis Drake and the Spanish Armada - http://www.exmsft.com/~davidco/History/drake1.htm Scans of the English Mercurie July 23, 1588, containing an original account of the battle.

Sixteenth Century Maps - http://historymedren.about.com/library/atlas/blat15dex.htm?terms=ca+map Maps of political boundaries as they stood in the sixteenth century.

Sixteenth Century Society and Conference - http://www.sixteenthcentury.org/ A society with an interest in the early modern era (c. 1450 - c. 1660).

Sixteenth-Century Europe - http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=14681078 The complete text by Leonard W. Cowie, 1977 by subscription.

Tales Tobacco Told in Sixteenth-Century Europe - http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/eh/9.4/mancall.html An environmental historical article by Peter C. Mancall.

The Audiencia of New Galicia in the Sixteenth Century - A Study in Spanish Colonial Government - http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=3939110 A complete text by J. H. Parry, 1948 by subscription.

The Colloquy of Montbeliard - Religion and Politics in the Sixteenth Century - http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=59798612 Jill P. Raitt explores the complex array of shifting political alliances and religious tensions which characterized the Holy Roman Empire after the Peace of Augsburg, 1993 by subscription.

The Defeat of the Spanish Armada - http://www.historybuff.com/library/refspain.html Articles by Wes Ulm.

The Dutch Declaration of Independence - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1581dutch.html The first declaration of modern times in 1581.

The Forest of Rhetoric - http://humanities.byu.edu/rhetoric/silva.htm Provides a guide to the terms of classical and Renaissance rhetoric.

The Gospel of John in the Sixteenth Century - The Johannine Exegesis of Wolfgang Musculus - http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=64582973 This study of Johannine exegesis covers nearly every important commentator on John from the first half of the century, and examines the medieval and patristic traditions on which they drew by Craig S. Farmer, 1997 by subscription.

The Massacre of St. Bartholomew - http://history.hanover.edu/texts/barth.htm Recorded by statesman and historian, De Thou, who was a witness as a youth relates the events leading up to the massacre of August 24, 1572 and the orders of the Queen of France.

The Protestant Reformation in Sixteenth-Century Italy - http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=57073238 The complete book by Salvatore Caponetto, 1999 by subscription.

The School of the Sixteenth Century - http://www.angelfire.com/fl3/calderonsco/school.html Held yearly to train re-enactors in the various aspects of portraying Spanish explorers and colonists during the Age of Discovery.

The Sixteenth Century - http://www.lepg.org/sixteen.htm Describes society during this time period.

The Sixteenth Century Journal - http://escj.truman.edu/journal.html Includes abstracts of recently published articles.

The Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) - http://www.sca.org/ Organisation dedicated to researching and recreating pre-17th century European history.

The Spanish Armada - http://www.nmm.ac.uk/server/show/conWebDoc.171 A fact file article as published by National Maritime Museum.

Wars of Religion - http://www.lepg.org/wars.htm Articles, maps, and bibliography detailing the wars between Protestants and Catholics.

Was There a Reformation in the Sixteenth Century? - http://www.servetus.org/es/news-events/articulos/20030901.htm An article from the Servetus International Society.

William Harrison (1534-1593): Description Of Elizabethan England - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1577harrison-england.html The complete text of Holinshed's Chronicles issued in 1577.

William Marshall - Draft of a Poor Law (1536) - http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~wldciv/world_civ_reader/world_civ_reader_2/marshall.html Due to inflation and population pressures, England passed a law to solve some of their most pressing problems.

Wives and Daughters - The Women of Sixteenth Century England - http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=59429201 The achievements of personal success and personal wealth by Kathy Lynn Emerson, 1984 by subscription.

Women as Warriors in the16th Century - http://www.lothene.demon.co.uk/others/women16.html Names and facts of those that participated in war or battle.

Wrong Side of the River - London's Disreputable South Bank in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century - http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/journals/EH/EH36/browner1.html An essay by Jessica A. Browner.

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