Luminarium

by George Dance Luminarium is an online anthology of English literature from the Middle Ages through the 18th century.

History
Luminarium was begun in 1996 by Anniina Jokinen. In the early 1990s, Jokinen began searching the web and compiling lists of links on Middle English[[, [[Renaissance literature|Renaissance, and 17th century literature, which by 1996 had grown to multi-page sites. Luminarium was founded as a site to integrate this information. Jokinen chose the name "Luminarium" (Latin for "lantern") because, she says, "I wanted I wanted the site to be a beacon of light in the darkness. It was also befitting for a site containing authors considered "luminaries" of English literature."

Luminarium is not affiliated or sponsored by any institution or organization. The site is funded through donations, book sales, and advertising.

Medieval Literature

 * Geoffrey Chaucer
 * John Gower
 * Sir Gawain
 * William Langland
 * Medieval Lyrics
 * Medieval Plays
 * Julian of Norwich
 * Margery Kempe
 * Sir Thomas Malory
 * Everyman

Renaissance Literarure
Queen Elizabeth I Bishop John Fisher William Tyndale Sir Thomas More John Heywood Thomas Sackville Nicholas Udall John Skelton Sir Thomas Wyatt Henry Howard Hugh Latimer Thomas Cranmer Roger Ascham Sir Thomas Hoby John Foxe George Gascoigne John Lyly Thomas Nashe Sir Philip Sidney Edmund Spenser Richard Hooker Robert Southwell Robert Greene George Peele Thomas Kyd Edward de Vere Christopher Marlowe Anthony Munday Sir Walter Ralegh Thomas Hariot Thomas Campion Mary Sidney Herbert Sir John Davies Samuel Daniel Michael Drayton Fulke Greville Emilia Lanyer William Shakespeare
 * King Henry VIII

Luminarium Encyclopedia
The Luminarium Encyclopedia is an online encyclopedia of medieval and Renaissanc England. It was begun in 2001 "to provide historical context for the for the people, places, and events featured in Luminarium."