Recent journal entries for the digital library of the core printed primary and secondary sources for the medieval and modern history of the British Isles.

Total news: 23
Last news: December 6, 2008 00:00:00

The complete series of the Calendar of State Papers, Venice, is now live. These 38 volumes cover the period 1202-1675, and calendar papers in the Venetian archives which relate to English affairs. Covering a period in which Venetian diplomacy was central to European politics, these calendars offer a rich external view of English history. - [Read more]

The Calendar of Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of Henry VIII is now complete. Covering the whole reign of Henry VIII, the calendars give direct access to key events, such as the divorce from Katherine of Aragon, the Henrician Reformation, and the fall of Thomas Cromwell. These essential calendars of state papers are freely available together for the first time, in transcriptions which have been carefully edited to ensure high-quality results. - [Read more]

The 15 volumes for Henry III are now live. Included as part of our premium content service, the Calendar of Close Rolls is a fundamental source for the study of medieval England. The complete series, from Henry III to Henry VII, will be made live over the next few weeks. - [Read more]

We are pleased to announce the digitisation of the 24 volumes of the calendars of the Cecil Papers in Hatfield House. These documents of William Cecil, Lord Burghley, represent state papers which have remained in the Hatfield archives. As the papers of the central governmental figure of Elizabeths reign, they will provide an essential complement to our calendars of state papers online. The Calendar of Cecil Papers is scheduled to go online in spring 2009 and will be free to all users. - [Read more]

British History Online is pleased to announce that 200 volumes in the AHRC-funded State Papers project are now live. The goal of the project is to complete the digitisation of the Calendars of State Papers, in order to make these important documents freely accessible to the academic community and the general public alike; we are able to ensure a reliably searchable result by creating verbatim transcriptions of at least 99.9% accuracy. In order to foster scholarly collaboration we have also included a feature which allows any interested user to update, correct, or enhance the calendars for the benefit of all. We plan to make the remaining 150 books in this project live within the next twelve months. The total number of volumes on British History Online is now just over 800, of which 85 percent are completely free; the remainder is included in a subscription service which supports and sustains the free publications. - [Read more]

British History Online has introduced an expanded set of timelines. Covering eight periods from 1509 to 1714, these bring together under thematic headings part of the range and variety of sources available on British History Online. The sets of suggestions for each topic would be particularly suitable as an introduction for undergraduates to the use of primary sources, and the analysis of how such sources may complement, modify or contradict one another. Further expansion of the timelines is planned for the coming months. - [Read more]

British History Online is pleased to be able to launch a new annotation tool. Registered users will now be able to correct factual or transcription errors in the original calendars, add background, link to a corresponding resource or add a document transcription. User annotations - which will update, correct, and expand the calendars - will be visible to other readers. A free registration to the site is required. - [Read more]

All four volumes of the Calendar of State Papers, Spain (Simancas), are now live. These volumes, calendaring the papers in Spanish archives that relate to English affairs, cover the whole of the reign of Elizabeth I. They illuminate, from the Spanish perspective, events such as the Babington Plot, the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots, and the Spanish Armada. - [Read more]

Volume 1 of Blomefields history is now live. The Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk was begun in 1739, and is here given in the ten-volume edition of 1805-10. It remains the most comprehensive local history of the county. - [Read more]

The Calendar of State Papers, Milan, is now live. This calendar deals with Milanese relations with England between 1385 and 1618. - [Read more]

Five new volumes from the HMC are now live. They detail the manuscript holdings of several urban centres including Exeter, Shrewsbury and Southampton, and of cathedral libraries including the extensive holdings of Wells cathedral. - [Read more]

Several new sources for the City and Middlesex are now live. Chief among them are the feet of fines for London and Middlesex (1189-1569). Also recently released are editions of Tudor churchwardens accounts for London churches, including St Martin-in-the-Fields. - [Read more]

17 volumes of the Treasury Books are now live. These volumes detail the revenues and debts of the Treasury from the Restoration in 1660 up to 1705. The remaining volumes in the series will be added in the near future. - [Read more]

Quarter Sessions records for 1612-18 are now live. These records of this periodic court complement other seventeenth century records for the county, which include recognizances and inquisitions post mortem. - [Read more]

Four more volumes of the Letters and Papers of Henry VIII are now live. These volumes include two covering 1545, the antepenultimate year of Henrys reign. There are also now over 100 volumes live from the project of which this series forms part: British History Onlines completion of the digitization of the calendars of state papers. - [Read more]

Three new volumes are now live. Volumes 2 and 4 cover parts of the parish of Chelsea, and volume 15 that of All Hallows-by-the-Tower. The remaining eight volumes are in production, and should appear by the end of 2008. - [Read more]

Three volumes of the Treasury Papers are now live. These first three volumes cover those papers from the period 1556 to 1707 which were preserved in the Treasury. Further volumes of this series, and the related Treasury Books series, will be added in the coming months. - [Read more]

The State Papers, Foreign series is now complete. These calendars start at the beginning of the reign of Edward VI and go up to July 1589, when calendaring stopped. - [Read more]

The report of the Royal Commission on the companies is now live. Volume 1 contains the summary report; volumes 2-5, which will be launched over the next few weeks, contain extensive supporting material on the companies in the late nineteenth century, and their history. - [Read more]

Five volumes of the Journals of the Board of Trade and Plantations, covering the period 1754 to 1782, are now live. Further volumes will appear in the coming months. - [Read more]