"Two Hearts that Beat as One" is the first of four in the collection about the Three Black Crowes by Frank Norris. Read the full text on this site.

This resource provides a brief chronology of the American short story divided into periods and providing important authors of the period and their works.

Contains an overview and a copy of the story of the Guy of Warwick. It also contains one small picture. Provided by Gerard NeCastro of the University of Maine at Machias.

Original text of the medieval popular ballad "Sir Patrick Spence" (also known as "Sir Patrick Spens")

Brief biography from The Catholic Encyclopedia of Juliana of Norwich, a fourteenth century writer. Details her life experiences as well as her background as a nun, and some of her writing. Please note that ?The Catholic Encyclopedia? is...

Thumbnail sketches of important figures of medieval England and Wales, including royalty, such as Richard III; religious figures, such as Thomas Becket; and writers, such as Langland and Chaucer. Most of the sketches also contain links...

Can you define the "Renaissance?" Check out this informative website to learn more. From the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, a definition and background of the Renaissance from its beginnings in the 14th and 15th centuries.

Regents prep site giving the history of the Paleolithic Period and Early River Civilizations. Includes pictures and map.