Digital library containing some of the core printed primary and secondary sources for the medieval and modern history of the British Isles. Includes Parliament Rolls of Medieval England. Note: If not automatically recognized as a Fordham user, click the login button at the top left and select "Log in automatically."
Full text of primary sources and other historical documents concerning the political, economic, social and cultural history of Europe arranged by country.
Digitized collection of parliamentary records, court proceedings, transportation registers, images from the British Museum, private papers, diocesan records, newspapers, etc. from the Universities of Hertfordshire, London and Sheffield.
An index of scholarly websites that offer online access to digitized primary sources on the history of Europe. Each website listed has a short description and is categorized by country, language, period, subject and type of source.
A large collection of translated primary sources on the history of the world (especially European and American history) from the eighteenth to twentieth century.
Primary sources and other documents in history, politics, social sciences, and other subjects.
READING EPUB FILES
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Digitized and searchable edition of the texts containing over 190,000 criminal trials at London's central criminal court. Excellent source of the lives of the non-elite. Also includes ads from 1680's to 1800.
Complete online collection of Queen Victoria's diaries from the Royal Archives covering her childhood through her diamond jubillee. Site also includes essays about Queen Victoria and links to web sites relating to the British monarchy.
Primary and secondary texts (including scholarly book reviews) and images in British Victorian economics, literature, philosophy, political and social history, science, technology, and visual arts.
Biographical and critical information about living and deceased authors from all over the world. Also volumes on British book trade and various genre writers.
Collection of over 240,000 digitized manuscripts providing access to 3.35 million names. Brief biographies have been written for hundreds of thousands of 18th century Londoners of all classes.