Buckinghamshire Libraries
Tudors in the Online Library
You can use the Online Library to help with your homework topics. You can access the Online
Library using a computer in the Library or at home (where you will also need to enter your library
card number) via the link http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/lis - and follow the links to Free exclusive
resources or to Recommended websites. Many of the sources listed are written for adults, so
you may need some help to understand them
Encyclopaedia Britannica Online
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Junior or Student editions (Search under Tudors)
Gale Virtual Reference Library – History section
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Renaissance and Reformation Reference Library “The Protestant Reformation” starts at end of p.251
Fashion, Costume and Culture: Clothing, Headwear, Body Decorations and Footwear Through the Ages.
Vol.3: European Culture from the renaissance to the modern era; “The Sixteenth Century” starts on p.465
Naxos Music Library
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Junior Section – The Story of Classical Music – Who’s Who: The Composers – Arrange composers by musical
era – Renaissance
Advanced Search – Period: Renaissance (1400-1600) and Country: United Kingdom
Oxford Art Online
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Advanced Search – Tudor; Henry VIII;
Learning Resources – Timelines of World Art – Europe – 1000 to 1600
Oxford Music Online
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Learning Resources – Topical Guides – Renaissance
Oxford Reference – History section:
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Dictionary of British History
Oxford Companion to British History
Kings and Queens of Britain
BucksKey
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Children and Young People – Homework & Revision
Children and Young People – Homework by Subject
History – British History
Other Useful Websites
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History on the Net – the Tudors http://www.historyonthenet.com/Tudors/tudorsmain.htm
History Learning Site – Tudor England http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/tudor_england.htm
Elizabethan Era - http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/
The Tudors - http://www.the-tudors.org.uk/
For more information contact the Libraries Reference & Information Service at lib-ref@buckscc.gov.uk