British History: Early Modern England

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Act of Union Virtual Library
The Digital Resource for the Act of Union of 1800
"...is a unique collection of pamphlets, newspapers, parliamentary papers and manuscript material contemporary with the 1800 Act of Union between Ireland and Britain."

Eighteenth-Century Resources -- History
This page, edited by Jack Lynch, is part of the larger collection of Eighteenth-Century Resources on the Net.
Sections include General Resources, British History, American History, Canadian History, and European History

Early Modern England Source
"Among these pages you will find information regarding recent publications, resources for research, reviews and abstracts. Additionally, this site provides announcements concerning conferences, seminars, and calls for papers."

Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs in England and Wales to 1516
"The Gazetteer is a catalogue of markets and fairs in medieval England and Wales. This is the first comprehensive national survey. The project worked systematically through a range of sources to provide as much information as possible about each market and fair, with background information on places where they were held. The Gazetteer is valuable to those interested in all periods, as the markets and fairs established during the Middle Ages formed the core of the later network."
Compiled by Dr. Samantha Letters, Centre of Metropolitan History

The George Raper Collection
National Library of Australia Online Exhibit
"In 1787, when only 17 years old, George Raper joined the crew of HMS Sirius.... Items in this collection provide wonderful insights into the life and work required of eighteenth-century midshipmen in the British Navy. Apart from their intrinsic value as an original record of hydrographic survey during the voyage of the First Fleet, the collection as a whole demonstrates the practical skills required by naval officers to master the theory of navigation. The collection brings together excellent examples of three types of documents of vital importance for sailorsócoastal profiles, maps and navigation calculations."

Irish Penal Laws
Laws in Ireland for the Suppression of Popery
"The purpose of this site is not to discuss the historical context of the Penal Laws or their enforcement, or their effect, but simply to make the raw material accessible to historians, legal scholars, students, and other interested people...On this site you will find the text of those Penal Laws which were passed in Ireland during the reigns of William and Mary, William III, Anne, and George I and II, that is to say, from 1691 to 1760. In addition, the site contains certain English statutes relating to the status of Irish Catholics."
By M. Patricia Schaffer, JD Columbia University Law School

A Journal of the Plague Year
By Daniel Defoe
Fiction but still great history.
"This account of the Great Plague of London (1664-65) was first published in 1722. In it Defoe describes the horrifying daily events in London city as it was besieged by bubonic plague."

Library History Database
The British Isles to 1850
"A comprehensive series of files covering libraries, institutional, commercial and private in the British Isles from the late medieval period to the year 1850. The total number of libraries listed exceeds 25,000, with over 120,000 references to primary and secondary sources. Files include: all types of library searchable by type and by country; circulating libraries; subscription libraries; workplace libraries; country house libraries; private libraries"
By Robin Alston, Professor Emeritus, London University

The Life and Times of Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1604)
"It is the purpose of this site to provide interesting as well as educational information on the life and times of Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603). It is intended to be suitable for web-users of all ages and academic ability, and therefore some of the more complex issues of the Queen's reign may appear to have been superficially treated."
By Heather Thomas

Life in Elizabethan England
"So this is not a series of essays or articles, but rather bites of Elizabethan life that are, have been, or should be "common knowledge" for those of us who work and play in the 16th Century on a regular basis. It is primarily social history, not political or military. It is neither exhaustive nor comprehensive, but it is what the Elizabethans do, present tense. Links to other sites should fill in the blanks, although I can't account for anyone's authority but mine own."
By Maggie Pierce Secara

A London Provisioner's Day Book, 1635-1563 - Demonstration
"This web-page is designed to demonstrate a preliminary version of the interface for our online edition of the Day Book. Our goal is to electronically recreate the format and language of the original manuscript that was not conveyed in the sole published edition in 1848."

The Mary Rose
"...the only 16th century warship on display anywhere in the world. Built between 1509 and 1511, she was one of the first ships able to fire a broadside, and was a firm favourite of King Henry VIII. After a long and successful career, she sank accidentally during an engagement with the French fleet in 1545. Her rediscovery and raising were seminal events in the history of nautical archaeology."

• The Learning City
  "...is a unique Key Stage 2 History resource. This unit is based on life aboard the Mary Rose. Suitable for ages 7-11."

Tyburn Tree- Public Execution in Early Modern England
Sections include Dying Speeches, Pictures, Bibliography, and Other Sites.
By Charlie Mitchell

University of New Hampshire - New Hampshire Library of Traditional Music & Dance

• The Dancing Master, 1651-1728: An Illustrated Compendium
  First published in 1651 by John Playford.
  "This volume contained the figures and the tunes for 105 English country dances, the first printing of these group social dances that were to dominate Western ballrooms for the next 150 years. The book appeared at a time of great upheaval in England."
  By Robert M. Keller

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