Britain 1486-1688
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EuroDocs > History of the United Kingdom: Primary Documents > 1486 - 1688
- Historical documentation displayed by various themes and date ranges.
- (1485 - 1714; facsimiles, transcriptions and images).
- (9th to 16th centuries; facsimiles)
- (Transcriptions and translations)
- Five principal sections that include primary documents online:
- Scotland, England, France, Wales, and Ireland.
- A well-designed site created by the UK Public Record Office
- (1066 - 1603; facsimiles and transcriptions)
- (transcriptions & translations)
- A primary source for the Wars of the Roses
- and the reigns of Henry VI, Edward IV, and Richard III.
- (1453-1486; transcriptions)
- with a number of links to contemporary reporters and chroniclers from various perspectives
- (chiefly 1483-1490; transcriptions)
- (transcriptions) courtesy of the Richard III Society.
- Contemporary correspondence of a wealthy family of English wool merchants.
- (1475-1488; transcriptions) courtesy of the Richard III Society.
- Letters of the Kings of England Now First Published from the Originals...Ed. James Orchard Halliwell
- Vol. 1 (London: Henry Colburn, 1846)]
- (1190-1544; text searchable Google Print facsimiles with updated English transcriptions)
- Key documents from the life and times of Henry VIII.
- Provided by the British Library's Online Gallery.
- (16th century; facsimiles, descriptions and videos)
- Poems, songs, letters, speeches, essays.
- (Early 16th century; transcriptions)
- Primary source documents from the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I, and Elizabeth I.
- Scroll down to "English Reformation."
- (1509 - 1559; transcriptions)
- Searchable database of principal records of clerical careers from over 50 archives in England and Wales.
- (1540-1835)
- Searchable images of the British Library copy
- (1554-1555; facsimiles)
- (1549; Transcription)
- Electronic texts and documents from the Tudor period.
- See also Tudor Letters.
- (1485-1597; facsimiles and transcriptions)
- From the death of Prince Arthur to the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots.
- (1502-1587; transcriptions)
- (London: Henry Colburn, 1845)
- (1558-1576; text searchable Google Print facsimiles with updated English transcriptions)
- Commissioned by Sir Walter Raleigh to encourage English colonization of the New World
- (1584; transcription)
- A collection of poems, letters, and speeches
- (English transcriptions; 1533-1603)
- Statement of the points of belief of the Church of England in the Renaissance
- (English transcription)
- Links to documents and speeches
- (English transcriptions)
- as reported in the English Mercurie
- (July 23, 1588, English facsimile).
- (1588; modernized transcription and commentary)
- (1592-1597, facsimiles).
- Includes records of Parliament, of higher clergy, and manorial records such as feet of fines.
- From British History Online
- (16th century, transcriptions)
- Includes extensive official and private records of Parliament, and the urban history of London, Glasgow, Cardiff and other major cities.
- From British History Online
- (17th century, transcriptions)
- 120.000 portraits of famous British men and women from the 16th Century to the present day.
- Explore the collection in a variety of ways.
- (16th century - present; image facsimiles)
- A collection documenting Sir Isaac Newton's writings and ideas, consisting primarily of letters to and from 17th and 18th century scientists.
- (17th - 18th centuries; facsimiles)
- An online exhibit of the Parliamentary Archives including primary documents and other records.
- (1600-1807; facsimile images, commentary and instructional modules)
- Transcription of the trial of Guy Fawkes and other conspirators in the Gunpowder-Plot.
- (27 January 1605; transcription)
- A collection of primary documents from the Internet Modern History Sourcebook.
- (16th - 17th centuries; transcriptions)
- (London: Camden Society, 1889)
- (1624-1626; text searchable Google Print facsimiles)
- From the time of the Spanish Armada to the Fire of London.
- Digitized by David Cornfield.
- (1588-1666; English facsimiles)
- Digitized by the History Department at the University of Rochester.
- (1674-1692; transcriptions)
- In an effort to concentrate religious power in the Anglican realm.
- Digitized by Wade Frembd.
- (8 January 1678; transcription)
- Over 100 documents on the history of Jacobitism and the Jacobite kings.
- Digitized by Noel S. McFerran as a part of The Jacobite Heritage.
- (1680-1861; transcriptions with modernised spelling)
- A collection of documents and maps
- (Facsimiles)
- A collection of primary documents from the Internet Modern History Sourcebook.
- (16th - 18th centuries; transcriptions)
- A part of the University of Missouri Library's Digital Library.
- (17th-19th centuries; full-text searchable database of facsimiles)
- Britannia Internet Magazine collection of significant charters, histories, chronicles, accounts, laws and summonses.
- (English transcriptions)
- Subject index and abstracts of British official publications, some available in full-text format.
- (1688 to the present; English transcriptions)
- Huge and exemplary website combining a searchable database of wills and testaments
- with full transcripts of the originals and some sample facsimiles.
- Includes auxiliary helps such as guides to handwriting and to Scottish occupations.
- (1500-1901; facsimiles and transcripts)
- Searchable database containing the proceedings of the Scottish parliament from the first surviving act of 1235 to the union of 1707.
- (1235-1707; manuscripts and translations)
- A project of the Edinburgh University Library
- (1550-1740; facsimiles).
- A project of the National Library of Scotland
- (1560-1928; facsimiles).
- Over 20,000 images of objects, books, letters, aerial photographs and other items from museums, libraries and record offices in Wales.
- (Medieval to 20th century; facsimiles and photographs)
- A documentation project of Powys County, Wales
- (Medieval to present; facsimiles, Latin and Welsh transcriptions and English transcriptions and translations)
- A major online Geographic Information System for Great Britain
- Combining historical atlases and gazeteers with a database of demographic and socio-economic statistics.
- Directed by Humphrey Southall of the University of Portsmouth.
- (Facsimiles and transcriptions).
- An impressive local history collection, comprising church, state, estate and personal records.
- (1375 - 1854; transcriptions)
- Includes poor laws, various acts and amendments, lists, maps, and more.
- (1601-1900; facsimiles and transcriptions)
- A collection of contemporary documents and lists.
- (1546-1817; transcriptions).
- Fully searchable transcripts of over 100,000 criminal trials
- held in London's central criminal court.
- A joint project of the University of Sheffield and the University of Hertfordshire.
- (1674-1834, facsimiles & transcriptions with background essays)
EuroDocs > History of the United Kingdom: Primary Documents > 1486 - 1688
EuroDocs Creator: Richard Hacken, European Studies Bibliographer,
Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA.
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