History of the Netherlands: Primary Documents

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Georeferencing and imaging of monuments of the Franks
(Includes parts of France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland)
(Antiquity to Middle Ages; interactive maps, images)
Portal to a database with uniform descriptions and photographs of medieval manuscripts in the Netherlands.
Maps and images of transformations as seen through cultural artifacts.
Includes data on former Roman provinces found in modern countries, including Austria.
Shows the emergence of a common culture in the northern provinces of the Roman Empire from Britain to the Black Sea.
(Antiquity through 212 A.D.; maps and facsimile images)
The Frisian book of law, written at the time of Charlemagne.
(Ninth century; Latin transcriptions, Dutch and English translations).
Medieval and early-modern Frisian agrarian law.
(1275-1550; Latin and Frisian language facsimiles of 17 manuscripts)
A manuscript from the 19th century, purporting to relate early history of the Frisians.
(Beware: questionable provenance; Frisian rune facsimiles)
Called the greatest Dutch illuminated manuscript in the world, it was commissioned for the marriage of Catherine of Cleves.
Held in the Morgan Library & Museum.
(1430-1440; facsimiles, Latin transcription and English translation)
Accounts of the toll which the king of Denmark levied on shipping through the Sound between Sweden and Denmark.
Important sources for research on economic and maritime trade history in Northern Europe.
(1497-1857; searchable datasets, registration may be required to view results)
Accessible by browsing or by advanced search protocols
Over 12,000 letters digitized by the Instituut voor Nederlandse Geschiedenis
Can be viewed in the Dutch interface.
(1551-1584; facsimiles of letters in various languages, mostly Dutch and French).
The so-called "Dutch Declaration of Independence" in the original Dutch and in synoptic English translation
Another English translation is available through the Modern History Sourcebook.
Warning: both English translations above are incomplete; certain sections have not been included.
(26 July 1581; Dutch transcriptions and English translations)
Including encounters with "los rebeldes de las islas de Holanda y Zelanda".
(1592-1597; facsimiles of originals in BYU Special Collections)
List of collections of digitized newspapers.
(Dutch facsimiles)
Digital library of Library of Congress in cooperation with the National Library of the Netherlands.
A bilingual site offering digitized books, prints, maps and manuscripts on the Dutch presence in America.
Also covers the interactions between the United States and the Netherlands, from Henry Hudson's 1609 voyage to the post-World-War-II period.
(16th to 20th centuries)
Part of The Avalon Project.
(1621; English translation)
Virtually complete survey of the direct shipping between the Netherlands and Asia between 1595-1795.
Search for a voyage or browse the overview of voyages.
(1595-1795)
The Tulip Book of P. Cos, including weights and prices from the years of speculative tulip mania.
(1637; photo facsimiles in GIF or JPEG format)
Historical legal sources from the Low Countries.
(1292 to the present; Flemish and Dutch transcriptions, facsimiles and maps)
A set of historical maps from Dr. Ronnie Ellenblum's Historic Cities
(Facsimiles)
List of digitized newspapers.
(1720-1995; Dutch facsimiles)
List of digitized newspapers.
(1752 to the present; Dutch facsimiles)
Database containing data of around 50,000 records of ship voyages passing the Sont in the 18th century.
(18th century; digitized lists)
Pamphlet published in 1781 that led to Dutch patriotic revolt.
Selected excerpts are also available in English translation: To the People of the Netherlands!
(1781; Dutch transcription)
Including constitutional origins, treaties, maps and other documents.
(1795-1806; Dutch transcriptions and facsimiles under "Documents")
An excerpt from the writings of William Temple, British ambassador to the Netherlands
From the Internet Modern History Sourcebook.
(1814; English translation)
Including the correspondence of J. R. Thorbecke and of Groen van Prinsterer.
See especially "Documents" section.
(1848-1870; Dutch transcriptions)
List of digitized newspapers.
(1893-1967; Dutch facsimiles)
(pre-1914 to post-1918; translations and transcriptions)
A collection of primary documents from the Internet Modern History Sourcebook.
(1914-1918; transcriptions and translations)
Digital primary documents assembled at Mount Holyoke College.
(1914-1919; translations)
Digital primary documents assembled at Mount Holyoke College.
(1918-1941; translations)
A collection of primary documents from the Internet Modern History Sourcebook.
(1939-1945; transcriptions and translations)
A collection of documents related to WWII.
Part of The Avalon Project.
(1938-1947; transcriptions and English translations)
Official government histories (mostly U.S.), source documents, and other primary references.
See especially The Kingdom of the Netherlands in World War II.
(1939-1945; English transcriptions and translations)
Digital primary documents assembled at Mount Holyoke College.
(1938-1946; translations)
Newspapers digitized by the Royal Library.
(1618-1995; facsimiles)
A collection of links to historic Dutch (and other) newspapers.
Click on opened newspaper pages for enlargement icons.
(17th to 20th centuries; facsimiles)
Various publications.
(1940-1945; facsimiles)
(1) Dutch Constitution.
(2) Statute of relationship between the Netherlands, the Dutch Antilles, and Aruba.
(With updates through 2006; transcriptions in PDF file)
(17 February 1983; English translations and excerpts)
Digitised minutes of the meetings of both chambers of the Dutch parliament (Staten-Generaal) for the period 1814-1995.
(1814-1995)
Searchable online database of Dutch legislation, consisting of over 28,000 document versions of all Dutch national regulations.
Dutch-language interface.
(Transcriptions and downloadable facsimiles)
Library of Congress guide to constitutional, legal and government documents.
Websites from a consortium of Dutch dataset providers.
See especially Historical Collection.
Requires free registration to view most documents.
(Facsimiles and transcriptions in searchable databases)
Digital History Library for Friesland, containing scores of printed sources for Frisian history.
Includes the Netherlands' earliest newspaper, De Vrije Fries (1839 - 1929)
(18th century to present; Frisian and Dutch facsimiles)
Digital collection of Frisian historical materials, ranging from atlases and photos to manuscripts and letters.
(Medieval to present; Frisian and Dutch facsimiles)
Historical images from the Regional History Century at Tilburg.
Collection of 4,000 photos relating to the history of migrants in the Netherlands.
Search the database, search by collection, or search by topic.
Project by the International Institute of Social History.
(20th century; images)
Exhibition showcasing the development of courtly fashion as depicted in the art of Medieval France and the Netherlands.
Timeline spanning from the "Fashion Revolution" (c. 1330) to the beginning of the Renaissance in France.
(1325-1515; manuscripts and descriptions)
A set of historical maps from Dr. Ronnie Ellenblum's Historic Cities
(Facsimiles)
18th century map of the Netherlands coast.
(1791; zoomable map)
17th century map of the Low Countries drawn in the form of a lion.
(1611; zoomable map)
Highlights from the University of Utrecht's collection of maps and atlases in digital format.
Search digitized maps or browse by title, atlas/map series, geographical area, or collection.
(16th to 19th centuries; facsimile maps with annotations)
Also contains a collection of coats of arms for other European countries and principalities.
(Facsimiles)
Dutch heritage sites viewed with Google street view technology.
Beemster Polder
Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout
(Interactive facsimile images)

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