Databases
& Websites
British
History Online. A digital library of text and information
about people, places and businesses from the medieval and
early modern period, built by the Institute of Historical
Research and the History of Parliament Trust.
The Clergy
of the Church of England Database (CCEd). A collaborative
project, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council
and bringing together scholars from King's
College London, the University of Kent at Canterbury and
the University of Reading, whose objective is to create
a relational database documenting the careers of all Church
of England clergymen between 1540 and 1835. The website
also provides
a range of supporting materials about the Church
and its clergy.
Consitutional
States. Full-text links from the Internet Modern History
Sourcebook.
Early English Books
Online From the first book printed in English by William
Caxton, through the age of Spenser and Shakespeare and
the
tumult of the English Civil War, EEBO digitally reproduces
facsimile images of the original editions of over 125,000
titles listed in Pollard & Redgrave's Short-Title Catalogue
(1475-1640), Wing's Short-Title Catalogue (1641-1700), and
the Thomason Tracts (1640-1661). Searching is limited to author,
title, subject, printer and publication date. 
Early English
Books Online: Text Creation Partnership.Of the 125,000
titles in EEBO, 25,000 volumes have been targeted for
conversion
over a five-year period to full-text searching. Selection
is based on the New Cambridge Bibliography of English
Literature,
which was chosen as a guideline because it includes foundational
works as well as less canonical titles related to a wide
variety
of fields, not just literary studies.
Early
English Prose Fiction: Over 200 complete works in fictional
prose from the period 1500-1700. Authors in this collection
include Aphra Behn, John Bunyan, Margaret Cavendish, William
Congreve, Thomas Heywood, John Lyly, Christopher Middleton,
Thomas Nashe, Sir Philip Sidney, John Skelton and Lady
Mary
Wroth.
Early
Stuart Libels: An Edition of Poetry from Manuscript
Sources. A searchable full-text
edition of early 17th-century political poetry,
much of which has never before been published. The 350-plus
poems range from satire to
invective to anti-libels, and throw new light on literary
and political culture in Enlgand in the decades from the
accession
of King James I to the outbreak of the English Civil War.
Editions
and Adaptations of Shakespeare. Contains 11 major editions
from the First Folio of 1623 to the Cambridge edition of
1863-6,
28 separate contemporary printings of individual plays
and poems, selected apocrypha and related works. In addition,
it contains more than 100 adaptations, sequels and burlesques
from the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries.
The
Making of the Modern World: The Goldsmiths'-Kress Library
of Economic Literature, 1450-1850. This full-text,
fully searchable database combines the strengths of the
Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature at the University
of London and the Kress Library of Business and Economics
at Harvard with supplementary materials from the Seligman
Collection in Columbia's Butler Library and from the libraries
of Yale University. Almost 12 million pages present more
than 61,000 books from the period 1460-1850, and 466 pre-1906
serials, offering a comprehensive witness to the theories,
practices, and consequences of economic and business activity
in the West.
Hanover
Historical Texts Project. Links to primary texts in
Early Modern European history.
The Luminarium. English
Literature: Early 17th Century (1603-1660). Primary documents.
The British Academy
John Foxe Project. Foxe's Book of Martyrs Variorum
Edition Online concentrates on the four English editions
of Foxe’s martyrology published in London during his
own lifetime: those of 1563, 1570, 1576, and 1583.
The
Newton Project (Imperial College). This site presents
the transcipts of Newton's
natural philosophical writings and mathematical works,
as well as his theological tracts and alchemical texts.
Offers
numerous other texts, such as 18th century biographies
of Newton and religious histories. The goal of the project
is
to make all Newton's writings freely
available online.
The Richard
III Society Online Library. Full-text editions and
extracts of 15th-19th century sources on the Ricardian
controversy;
a hypertext edition of Shakespeare's play; essays on Richard
III in history, drama, and literature.
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Periodicals
& Newspapers
Early
Modern Literary Studies. Refereed journal examining
English literature, literary culture, and language during
the
16th and 17th centuries. Also offers internet resources
for Renaissance scholars, including archives, electronic
texts, discussion groups, and beyond.
Journal for Early Modern Cultural Studies
Sixteenth
Century Journal 
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Encyclopedias
& Handbooks
A
Companion to Stuart Britain, Barry Coward, editor
Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers, 2003.
Location: Green Library, Stacks (DA375.C684 2003)
The Political History of Tudor and Stuart England:
A Sourcebook, Victor Stater.
London; New York: Routledge, 2002.
Location: Green Library, Information Center: Non-circulating
(DA310.S73 2002)
Historical Dictionary of Stuart
England, 1603-1689, Ronald H. Fritze and William
B. Robison, editors-in-chief.
Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1996.
Location: Green Library, Lane Room: Non-circulating (DA375
.H57 1996)
Tudor England: An Encyclopedia,
Arthur F. Kinney and David W. Swain, general editors.
New York ; London: Garland, 2001.
Location: Green Library, Lane Room: Non-circulating (DA315
.T83 2001)
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Journals
Journal
of Early Modern History
Volume/date range: Vol. 1, no. 1 (Feb. 1997)-
Location: Latest year or volume in Current Periodicals;
earlier in Stacks (D1 .J574 v.1-8)
Electronic version available to Stanford-affiliated users
at Ingenta
Connect
Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies
Volume/date range: Vol. 26, no. 1 (winter 1996)-
Location: Green Library, latest year or volume in Current
Periodicals; earlier in Stacks (D111 .J6 V.1-34)
Electronic version available to Stanford-affiliated users at Duke
Journals
Electronic version available to Stanford-affiliated users at Project
Muse
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Maps
& Atlases
Maps in Tudor England, P.D.A. Harvey.
London: Public Record Office: British Library, 1993.
Includes reduced-size reproductions of maps produced during
the period 1485-1603; bibliographical references and index.
Location: Green Library (G1815 .H36 1993)
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Documents
Crown
Servants, Series One: The Papers of Thomas Wentworth,
1st
Earl of Strafford, 1593-1641, from the Sheffield City Libraries.
Marlborough, England: Adam Matthew, 1994.
These papers consist of some 2800 holograph letters, mainly
addressed to Strafford himself, and a number of letter books
in which copies were kept of his own correspondence, along
with 16 volumes of manuscript material. An ideal starting
point for all scholars and researchers studying the origins
of the English Civil War, the Crisis between Crown and Parliament
in early Stuart Britain, and the nature of Government and
Society in the seventeenth century.
Consists of 20 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.+1 guide; Library has
reels 1-20
Location: Green Library, Media Microtext Collection (GUIDE
DA396 .S8A35; MFILM N.S. 14043)
Crown Servants, Series Two: Papers
of the Wynns of Gwydir, 1515-1690, and the Clenennau Letters
and Papers, 1584-1698, from the National Library of Wales.
Marlborough, England: Adam Matthew Publications, 1999.
The second series of Crown Servants documents the lives of
two generations of an important and influential Welsh family
whose power base was in North Wales. Also included are the
Clenennau Letters and Papers, 1584-1698 in this project. These
papers are an important source for Religion and Politics in
Britain through the Tudor and Stuart period - with the family
maintaining Catholic and Protestant lines to ensure their
survival. It is also an excellent source for topics as varied
as the Royal progresses and court entertainment, the English
Civil War, and the Gunpowder Plot.
Consists of 23 microfilm reels ; 35 mm; Library has reels
1-23
Location: Green Library, Media Microtext Collection (MFILM
N.S. 15107)
Crown Servants, Series Three: The Lauderdale
Papers, c1647-1682, from the British Library, London.
Marlborough, England: Adam Matthew Publications, 2000.
This third series of Crown Servants comprises the Papers of
John Maitland, second Earl and first Duke of Lauderdale (1616-1682).
He was a leading Covenanter, a Scottish Commissioner during
the 1640s and 1650s, and Secretary of State to Charles II.
Consists of 10 microfilm reels ; 35 mm; Library has reels
1-10
Location: Green Library, Media Microtext Collection (GUIDE
DA804.1 .L3 A4 2000; MFILM N.S. 15301)
Diary of Walter Yonge (1581?-1649) of Colyton, County
Devon, 1642-1645.
Wetherby, UK: British Library,
Reproduction Customer Services, 2006. London:
British Museum Photographic Service, [19uu].
Consists of 4 microfilm reels; 35 mm; library has reels 1-4.
Note: Original in British Museum. Department of Manuscripts,
additional manuscripts, Mss. Add. 18777-18780.
Location: Green Library, Media Microtext Collection (MFILM N.S.
16587)
Ecclesiastical Authority in England: Church Court Records,
c.1400-c.1660.
Brighton, England:
Harvester, 1985-
Series 2 provides the complete records for the important diocese
of Chichester. These manuscripts detail the operation of the
ecclesiastical authorities and give insights into all those
tried and involved in the courts. The wide variety of material
includes instance, deposition, taxation and detection books;
churchwarden's presentments and court papers; excommunication
papers; and surviving church inspection books.
Incomplete collection; Library has Series 2, pt.1 (reels 1-19),
pt.2 (reels 20-38)
Location: Green Library, Media Microtext Collection (GUIDE
BX5107 .E5 E33; MFILM N.S. 12566)
Goldsmiths'-Kress Library of Economic Literature.
Items in this collection are cataloged separately and can
be found under their individual authors and titles.
Location: Green Library, Media Microtext Collection (MFILM
N.S. 1350)
Goldsmiths'-Kress Library of Economic Literature
Catalog.
Allows user to access complete bibliographic citations to
more than 60,000 economics and business primary source titles
from the last half of the fifteenth century to the end of
the nineteenth century.
Location: Green Library, Information Center: CD-ROMS (Z7164
.E2 G65 1997)
Online
Guide to the Goldsmiths'-Kress Library of Economic Literature. Choose
the Goldsmiths'-Kress collection as the collection to
search, and then conduct a search by keyword, author, title,
and other
categories. Or simply browse the catalog.
Goldsmiths'-Kress Library of Economic Literature
: A Consolidated Guide to Segment I of the Microfilm Collection
(print).
Location: Green Library, Media Microtext Collection (Z7164.E2
G64)
London Directories from the Guildhall Library,
1677-1900.
Woodbridge, Conn.: Research Publications, inc., 1979-.
Comprises city directories, commercial and street directories
and post office directories found in the Guildhall Library.
Location: Green Library, Media Microtext Collection (MFILM
N.S. 2865)
Newsletters of Richard Bulstrode, 1667-1689, from
the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University
of Texas at Austin.
Marlborough, England: Adam Matthew, 2002.
The newsletters addressed to Sir Richard Bulstrode and others,
1667-1689, are an outstanding cache of these rare and important
bulletins. There are nearly 1,500 in total, many written by
hand in the news-letter offices of Sir Joseph Williamson,
Secretary of State. They are a crucial source for anyone studying
the reigns of Charles II and James II and provide an important
supplement to the State Papers of the period.
Consists of 4 microfilm reels ; 35 mm; Library has reels 1-4
Copy Location: Green Library, Media Microtext Collection (MFILM
N.S. 16390)
Sir William Clarke Manuscripts, 1640-1666.
Hassocks, Sussex : Harvester Press, 1977.
Contains the complete papers of Sir William Clarke from the
Clarke Collection at Worcester College, Oxford.
Consists of 17 microfilm reels; Library has reels 1-17.
Copy Location: Green Library, Media Microtext Collection (MFILM
N.S. 2691)
Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century Newsletters
and Related Papers: Part 1, Newsletters c.1564-1657 and Related
Papers c.1607-1794, from the Public Record Office.
Marlborough, England: Adam Matthew Publications, 2002.
This collection provides a synthesis of foreign news and intelligence
on events in Europe in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
It contains a rich array of newsletters for the 1620s and
1630s; reports from a wide network of European contacts; and
high level correspondence between Louis XIII and Charles I.
Consists of 18 microfilm reels; Library has reels 1-18
Location: Green Library, Media Microtext Collection (MFILM
N.S. 16389)
The Hartlib Papers.
Set contains the entire collection of Hartlib papers now held
in Sheffield University Library. This amounts to about 20,000
pages of manuscript, together with a further 5,000 pages of
printed ephemera; also includes more than 23,000 images of
original documents.
Location: Green Library, Media Microtext Collection (CD-ROM:
ZMS 868 DISC 1-2; GUIDE ZMS 868)
The Papers of Anthony Bacon, 1558-1601.
London, World Microfilms, 1974.
Consists of correspondence from and to Bacon, including some
materials in the final volume that were added to the collection
after his death. Extensive correspondence with Robert Devereux,
the Earl of Essex, appears in the collection.
Consists of 9 reels; Library has v.1-9
Location: Green Library, Media Microtext Collection (MFILM
N.S. 1275)
The Tanner Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library,
Oxford.
Brighton, Sussex: Harvester Press, 1977-1980.
Documents and letters of leading churchmen, academics, and
figures of political and public life of the 16th, 17th, and
early 18th centuries, collected by Thomas Tanner, author and
churchman, and housed in the Bodleian Library, University
of Oxford.
Location: Green Library, Media Microtext Collection (MFILM
N.S. 3037)
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The
Complete State Papers Domestic
State
Papers Domestic: Henry VIII, 1509-1547.
124 microfilm reels cover the reign of Henry VIII.
Berkshire, England; Conneticut: Research Publications, 1994-1995.
Location: Green Library, Media Microtext Collection (GUIDE DA25 .E1 1994 SER.3,
PT.1-6; MFILM N.S. 16487)
State
Papers Domestic: Edward VI - James I, 1547-1625
Brighton, Eng.: Harvester Press, 1979.
Location:
Microfilm: Green Library, Media Microtext Collection (N.S. 3526)
Guide: Green Library, Government Documents Department and Current Periodicals/Microtext
(GUIDE DA345.G7 1979)
State Papers Domestic: Edward VI (Public Record
Office)
Location: Green Library, Media Microtext Collection (MFILM N.S. 1764)
State Papers Domestic: James I, 1603-1625
Brighton, Eng.: Harvester Press, 1979.
Location:
MFILM: Green Library, Media Microtext Collection (N.S. 3525)
GUIDE: Green Library, Government Documents Department and Current Periodicals/Microtext
(DA392.G7 1979)
State Papers Domestic: Charles I, 1625-1648
Brighton, Eng.: Harvester Press, 1983-1986.
Location: Green Library, Media Microtext Collection (GUIDE DA370
.G74 1983; MFILM N.S. 7501)
State Papers Domestic: Interregnum, 1649-1660
(Public Record Office)
Brighton: Harvester Press., 1981-1985.
Location:
Green Library, Media Microtext Collection (MFILM N.S. 4065)
The State Papers of Queen
Anne: 1702-1714.
Wilmington, Del.: M. Glazier, 1977.
Location: Green
Library, Media Microtext Collection (MFILM N.S. 1746)
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