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Specific TopicsThis section links you to sites devoted to particular aspects of British and Irish history.Anglo-American Legal Tradition (AALT) Digitized images of medieval and early modern documents from The National Archives; the number of images are projected to expand by about 400,000 a year. This website operates under a license from TNA and includes several paleography exercises, as well as several helpful essays by Robert Palmer. Anglo-Saxon Prosopography PASE (Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England) is a database of all recorded inhabitants of England from the late sixth to the end of the eleventh century. British Empire Studies Links, an international directory of scholars, and other materials dedicated to the study of the British Empire. Run by Britannia, this claims to provide the internet's most comprehensive coverage of British History.
Begun in 1995, the Camelot Project is a electronic database of Arthurian texts, images, bibliographies, and basic information. Celtic Inscribed Stones Project Directed by Professor Wendy Davies, the CISP is compiling a database of all known Celtic inscriptions c. 400-1100 in Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Brittany, the Isle of Man, and parts of western England. Included are all stone monuments inscribed with text, whether in the Celtic vernacular or Latin, in the Roman alphabet or ogham (but excluding runic inscriptions). Results-to-date are available online. The Collection of Historical and Contemporary Census Data seeks to enhance the use of censuses in teaching and learning.
The Court of Chivalry (Geoffrey) Chaucer Hath a Blog. This exceptionally clever site is packed with links for scholars interested in medieval literature generally, as well as Chaucer and his times.
A historical overview of the history of British periodicals written by the British Library’s Christopher Skelton-Foord. Corporation of London
The City’s homepage. A list constantly updated.
An ongoing project since 2003, this site aims to provide information on Old, Middle, and Early Modern Irish narratives that deal with the exploits of Irish kings, including a list of all the extant sagas together with plot summaries; notes on manuscript sources, translations, and editions; bibliographies of secondary literature; and character lists. The purpose is to provide students and teachers with the background necessary to read and appreciate these sagas.
A database containing the genealogy of the British Royal family and more than 30,000 other individuals linked to it via blood or marriage relationships.
Links to sites all over the world with resources in early modern English history. A directory of open-access academic papers and publications in early modern history.
Based on Trading Places, a British Library exhibit. Provides brief discussions of English dissenters during the seventeenth century. EMA seeks to reconstruct the archive of every English monastery and thereby to elucidate the origins of record-keeping in England.
Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs in England and Wales to 1516 Genesis: Women's History Sources Maintained by The Women's Library at London Metropolitan University, Genesis offers (a) a searchable database of women's history collections in the United Kingdom and (b) a guide to web resources on women's history. History Theses in the UK Updated annually, this is a searchable list of completed and in-progress doctoral and M.A. theses in the UK. A teaching agenda, with great links to web resources.
A joint project of the Library of Congress and the British Library, this site explores four centuries of Anglo-American relations. An online guide to reading the Latin used in documents between 1086 and 1733. It includes word lists, advice on dating documents, and other similar resources. A searchable index to more than 3300 wills of laity in the diocese of Lichfield. A compendium of common (and uncommon) knowledge about the period from 1558-1603 including maps and information on the Elizabethan order of precedence for peers. This project aims to produce a new Historical Dictionary of Irish placenames and tribal names; its site offers links to related resources..
Mapping Medieval Chester This AHRC-funded interdisciplinary project examines Chester as a border city and asks how different medieval inhabitants imagined and represented the urban space around them. Medieval English Towns A grab-bag of miscellany on the subject, focused especially on East Anglian towns. Medieval Genealogy Managed by a self-described "enthusiast," this site offers a wealth of basic information about resources--from manorial archives and wills to the records of London's livery companies--for tracing individuals before 1600. Mostly English, with some Welsh material. Medieval Scotland A collection of articles and resources on medieval Scotland that includes an extensive bibliography of both primary and secondary materials. Modern Equivalents of Latin Placenames in early printed books Searchable by either Latin or English forms. Monastic Wales This large-scale project seeks to establish a comprehensive monastic history--and datebase--for medieval Wales. Partnered with the National Archives, this site explores the experiences of immigrants to England since 1800. It includes an online catalogue of original material related to migration history from local, regional and national repositories.
Updated in 2007, this site facilitates research on Early Irish prose or prose-and-verse tales. It lists full details of manuscripts and editions of early medieval (until ca. 1150) narrative texts in Irish.
Materials on the history of the Orkney islands. An electronic journal and discussion forum on Oscar Wilde and his worlds. Outlaws and Highwaymen
Online access to the biographies of 50,000 people who shaped the history of the British Isles and beyond, from the earliest times to the year 2001.
Offers images and texts for six communities, from the 1800s on.
With links to many sites, and a dazzling set of links to medieval and early modern household and cooking texts that are on the web.
A terrific how-to guide and database for tracing the history of a building. This site explores--through text and images--a treasure roll of Richard II (1398-9) which describes the crowns, jewels, and other precious objects that belonged to him and his two queens, Anne of Bohemia and Isabelle of France. Scéla: Catalogue of Medieval Irish Narratives and Literary Enumerations A semifinished list of the medieval titles of Irish scéla. Scottish Economic History Database, 1550 - 1780 Provides data on wages, proces, crop yields, demographic trends, and weather. Link currently inactive; check back later.
From the Data Library of Edinburgh University, this is a treasure trove of internet sites on Scottish History.
Sixteenth-Century English Literature Links, organized by topic, to webpages on subjects like religion, magic, science, work.
A database of soldiers and their service records. Devoted to the study of fifteenth-century silkwomen. A regularly updated list, searchable by institution, research interest or surname. Biographies, primary sources, and secondary sources Maps, e-texts, and great “who’s who” list. Maintained by members of the History of Women Religious of Britain and Ireland, this site offers bibliography, links to primary documents online, and other resources.
A project of the National Archives that focuses on relations between Ireland, Wales, England and Scotland between 1066 to 1603. The contact website for Universities in the UK, most of which provide cheap accommodation in halls of residence for people on research trips, esp. during the U.K. university vacations. Devoted to 19th-century British and Irish history and literature, and especially geared to researchers. Staffordshire University’s effort to make census and related materials available online. Includes British and Scottish records and hints for using them in teaching. Vision of Britain Through Time Images, transcriptions, articles, and more about the workhouse, poor laws, and similar subjects from 1601 to the 1930s.
A searchable index and paraphrase of printed Year Book Reports, 1268-1535, compiled by David J. Seipp. Includes lists of Year Books, bibliography, and links, for most entries, to images of the original Vulgate editions. |