This is a site for a magazine that purports to be a
"scholarly journal devoted to publishing new research on Shakespeare and
the English Renaissance." Their site includes a list of previous
articles published in the magazine, and a few of those articles are available
on-line. By glancing through the titles, though, I get the feeling this is
about 90% Shakespeare and may 10% Renaissance. Granted, learning about
Shakespeare helps to flesh out the Elizabethan era, but I didn't find anything
at this site particularly useful to those recreating the time period. This
is probably a very good site to research and understand Shakespeare, but I would
not recommend it to those looking to create common characters at a renaissance
faire.