Denmark 1387 - 1814

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Digitized Medieval and Renaissance manuscripts from the Danish Royal Library.
(850-1596; facsimiles)

Sources for the History of the Medieval (Germanic) Empire.
Includes recorded conferences of the Hanseatic League.
(800-1503; Latin and contemporary vernacular transcriptions with critical apparatus)

Hand-copies of 297 documents from the Esrum cloister archives at the end of the fifteenth century.
(1496-1497; facsimiles)

Documents of the Dutch immigration and settlement at Amager.
See quoted documents in the fifth paragraph and copy of royal letters of privilege.
(1521-1547; transcriptions and commentary)

(1604; facsimile of 1855 printing)

Digitized 17th- and 18th-century manuscripts from the Danish Royal Library.
(1615-1760; facsimiles)

(14 November 1665; transcription)

Royal births and baptisms documented by a consortium of Danish institutions
Illustrated with church book records, medallions, and related objects.
(1671-1870; facsimiles, images and commentary)

A total of three document collections from among the last witch trials in Denmark:
Kongen og Danske Kancelli 1686-1688 (Declarations of the King and Chancellery Officials)
Ebeltoft bytingsprotokol 1684-1694 (Minutes of the Ebeltoft local council)
Mette Madsdatters bekendelse, 6 juli 1686 (Mette Madsdatter's Confession)
Assembled by Gunner Lind, History Department, University of Copenhagen
(1684-1694; Danish transcriptions)
Presented by the Provincial Archive of Zealand.
(1692-1694; facsimiles, images and transcriptions)

(15 April 1687; transcription
(1670-1699; facsimile of Schous Forordninger printed in 1795)

Images of objects and documents from the Queen's short & tragic life.
Presented by the State Archives.
(1751-1775; facsimiles)

Comprising three English documents on Danish naval history:
List of the Danish Navy, in the year 1692
Capture of Copenhagen, 1807
The Late Danish Fleet
(1692-1807; English transcriptions)
Documenting an important sea battle against the English.
(2 April 1801; facsimiles and transcriptions)

A database of full-text PDF files for download.
Digitized by the Dansk Institut for Gymnasiepædagogik.
For an overview of topics, click on "Category Search."
(1775-1962; facsimiles)

Danish kings and their history.
Mostly secondary information and commentary, but with a time-table and images that could be valuable.
(1448-1863; Danish-language commentary and images)
A short update of monarchs 1863 to the present is on a separate page.

Includes primary and secondary documents, provided by Don Mabry.
(Transcriptions, facsimiles and commentaries, mostly in English)

A bilingual website with Danish or English access, including such pages as:
Personal accounts and letters of soldiers, documents from various wars and occupations, and a photo gallery.
(1563-1945; Danish facsimiles & transcriptions, English translations)

A well-annotated documentation of ships and the men aboard them.
Also available in the Danish original.
(1801-2001; transcriptions, commentary, bibliographies, data lists)
An inventory of the naval vessels by category.
(1860-1990; data lists)

Description of Greenland.
Digitized by the Danish Royal Library together with the Skálholt-kortet.
(1669; facsimiles)
Maps of the North Atlantic from "Vinland" to Greenland, Iceland, Norway and Denmark.
Digitized by the Danish Royal Library together with the Grønlandsbeskrivelse.
(1570; facsimiles)

A cooperative Danish-Swedish project covering sources from both sides of the "Sound."
Pictures, postcards, maps, letters, guides to archival sources.
(1200-1913; facsimiles and guides)

From Den Digitale Byport of the Danish Centre for Urban History.
With aspect searches (by chronology, civic function, location, architect, etc.).
(13th-19th centuries; annotated facsimiles of illustrations, photos and architectural plans)


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