Coming Soon in 2008
State Papers Online, 1509-1714, is a groundbreaking new online resource for the study of Early Modern Britain and Europe. By reuniting State Papers Domestic and Foreign and the Registers of the Privy Council. the collection creates a new backbone for research and teaching in politics, government, and social economic and religious history. The project benefits from a close partnership with The National Archives, London and draws upon the expertise of an Advisory Board of academics.
State Papers Online, 1509-1714 reproduces the original historical manuscripts in facsimile linking each manuscript to its corresponding fully-searchable Calendar entry. By overcoming the challenge of matching an individual Calendar entry to the original Paper, State Papers Online 1509-1714 marks an enormous advance in historical research.
State Papers Online, 1509-1714 will be published in four cross-searchable parts. Parts I and II are due for publication in mid 2008.
Part I: The Tudors: Henry VIII to Elizabeth I, 1509-1603: State Papers Domestic
Containing 380,000 facsimile manuscript documents linked to fully-searchable Calendar entries, Part 1 delivers the complete collection of State Papers Domestic for this era. Every facet of early modern Government is detailed including social and economic affairs. Key themes of Part I include:
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Henry VIII’s relations with Europe
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The Reformation
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The Dissolution of Monasteries
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Elizabeth I: Marriage and the Succession
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Voyages of Discovery of Drake, Gilbert, Hawkins and Frobisher
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Relations between the Crown and the nobility
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The rise and fall of the Earl of Essex
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The diplomacy of William Cecil and Francis Walsingham
Part II: The Tudors: Henry VIII to Elizabeth I, 1509 – 1603: State Papers Foreign, Ireland, Scotland, Borders and Registers of the Privy Council
Containing approx. 560,000 facsimile manuscript documents linking to fully-searchable Calendar entries, Part II completes the Papers of the Tudor period. The collection reunites Foreign, Scotland, Borders and Ireland papers for the 16th century together with the Registers (‘Minutes’) of the Privy Council for the whole of the Tudor period. Key themes of Part II include:
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Mary, Queen of Scots: captivity, trial and execution
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French war of Religion between Catholics and Huguenots (1562-98)
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1541 Act raising Ireland into a Kingdom annexed to the Crown of England
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Henry VIII’s ‘rough wooing’ of Scotland
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England’s defeat of Philip II of Spain’s Grand Armada in 1588
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Beginning of 80-year war between Spain and the Netherlands in 1566
Forthcoming Parts
Part III: James I to Anne, 1603-1714: State Papers Domestic
Part IV: James I to Anne, 1603-1714:State Papers Foreign, Ireland, Scotland, Borders and Acts of Privy Council
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