HIST105BL: European History Web Sites

Early Modern Resources is a gateway for finding electronic resources relating to the early modern period in history, roughly from 1500-1800.

European primary historical documents that are transcribed, reproduced in facsimile, or translated. They shed light on key historical happenings within the respective countries and within the broadest sense of political, economic, social and cultural history. The order of documents is chronological wherever possible.

Although the Victorian Web concentrates on British literature, history, and culture during the age of Victoria, it includes relevant material related to both earlier and later periods. Similarly, it includes comparative materials from countries outside the United Kingdom.

Links to primary sources are in the column on the left hand side of this page.

"A comprehensive resource with links to authoritative sites on the history of European countries from the European University Institute of Florence, Italy."

Collection of sites focusing on the Renaissance.

Web sites devoted to the Reformation.

Presents more than 47,000 images of biblical illustrations, portraits of religious leaders, printers' devices, engravings of church buildings, and other theological topics.

A database of digital books relating to the development of theology and philosophy during the Reformation and Post-Reformation/Early Modern Era (late 15th-18th c.).

More stuff on the Reformation, including primary sources.

British History Online is the digital library containing some of the core printed primary and secondary sources for the medieval and modern history of the British Isles. Created by the Institute of Historical Research and the History of Parliament Trust.

Web sites devoted to the Scientific Revolution, Enlightenment, and French Revolution.

More stuff on the Enlightenment.

More stuff on the French Revolution.