diff --git a/renderer/html5/html5_renderer.go b/renderer/html5/html5_renderer.go
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/renderer/html5/html5_renderer.go
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+package html5
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"html/template"
+	"io"
+
+	"reflect"
+
+	"bytes"
+
+	"github.com/bytesparadise/libasciidoc/types"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+)
+
+var stringTemplate *template.Template
+var inlineContentTemplate *template.Template
+var boldContentTemplate *template.Template
+
+// initializes the templates
+func init() {
+	var err error
+	inlineContentTemplate, err = template.New("inlineContent").Parse("<div class=\"paragraph\">\n<p>{{.}}</p>\n</div>")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("failed to initialize HTML template: %s", err.Error())
+	}
+	stringTemplate, err = template.New("string").Parse("{{.}}")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("failed to initialize HTML template: %s", err.Error())
+	}
+	boldContentTemplate, err = template.New("boldQuote").Parse("<strong>{{.}}</strong>")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("failed to initialize HTML template: %s", err.Error())
+	}
+}
+
+// RenderToString renders the givem `document` in HTML and returns the result as a `string`
+func RenderToString(ctx context.Context, document types.Document) (*string, error) {
+	buff := bytes.NewBuffer(make([]byte, 0))
+	err := RenderToWriter(ctx, document, buff)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	result := string(buff.Bytes())
+	return &result, nil
+}
+
+// RenderToWriter renders the givem `document` in HTML and writes the result in the given `writer`
+func RenderToWriter(ctx context.Context, document types.Document, writer io.Writer) error {
+	for _, element := range document.Elements {
+		renderedElement, err := renderDocElement(element)
+		if err != nil {
+			return errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to render document")
+		}
+		_, err = writer.Write(renderedElement)
+		if err != nil {
+			return errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to render document")
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func renderDocElement(docElement types.DocElement) ([]byte, error) {
+	switch docElement.(type) {
+	case *types.InlineContent:
+		return renderInlineContent(*docElement.(*types.InlineContent))
+	case *types.BoldQuote:
+		return renderBoldQuote(*docElement.(*types.BoldQuote))
+	case *types.StringElement:
+		return renderStringElement(*docElement.(*types.StringElement))
+	default:
+		return nil, errors.Errorf("unsupported element type: %v", reflect.TypeOf(docElement))
+	}
+
+}
+
+func renderInlineContent(inlineContent types.InlineContent) ([]byte, error) {
+	renderedElementsBuff := bytes.NewBuffer(make([]byte, 0))
+	for _, element := range inlineContent.Elements {
+		renderedElement, err := renderDocElement(element)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "unable to render inline content element")
+		}
+		renderedElementsBuff.Write(renderedElement)
+	}
+	result := bytes.NewBuffer(make([]byte, 0))
+	// here we must preserve the HTML tags
+	err := inlineContentTemplate.Execute(result, template.HTML(renderedElementsBuff.String()))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "unable to render inline content")
+	}
+	log.Debugf("rendered inline content: %s", result.Bytes())
+	return result.Bytes(), nil
+}
+
+func renderBoldQuote(q types.BoldQuote) ([]byte, error) {
+	result := bytes.NewBuffer(make([]byte, 0))
+	err := boldContentTemplate.Execute(result, q.Content)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "unable to render bold quote")
+	}
+	log.Debugf("rendered bold quote: %s", result.Bytes())
+	return result.Bytes(), nil
+}
+
+func renderStringElement(s types.StringElement) ([]byte, error) {
+	result := bytes.NewBuffer(make([]byte, 0))
+	err := stringTemplate.Execute(result, s.Content)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "unable to render string element")
+	}
+	log.Debugf("rendered string: %s", result.Bytes())
+	return result.Bytes(), nil
+}
diff --git a/renderer/html5/html5_renderer_test.go b/renderer/html5/html5_renderer_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5f9da228
--- /dev/null
+++ b/renderer/html5/html5_renderer_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+package html5_test
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"context"
+
+	"github.com/bytesparadise/libasciidoc/parser"
+	. "github.com/bytesparadise/libasciidoc/renderer/html5"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestHtml5Renderer(t *testing.T) {
+
+	t.Run("bold content alone", func(t *testing.T) {
+		// given
+		content := "*bold content*"
+		expected := `<div class="paragraph"><p><strong>bold content</strong></p></div>`
+		verify(t, expected, content)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("bold content in sentence", func(t *testing.T) {
+		// given
+		content := "some *bold content*."
+		expected := `<div class="paragraph"><p>some <strong>bold content</strong>.</p></div>`
+		verify(t, expected, content)
+	})
+}
+
+func verify(t *testing.T, expected, content string) {
+	document, err := parser.ParseString(content)
+	require.Nil(t, err)
+	// when
+	actual, errs := RenderToString(context.Background(), *document)
+	// then
+	require.Nil(t, errs)
+	assert.Equal(t, singleLine(expected), singleLine(*actual))
+}
+
+func singleLine(content string) string {
+	return strings.Replace(content, "\n", "", -1)
+}