History of Early England

This website provides a unified search interface for over 20 digital collections covering Britain from 1500 to 1900. Researchers may also link to individual collections. Most of the resources are free; some require a subscription. Examples of collections pertinent to Britain between 1500 and 1700 include:
* Cause Papers in Diocesan Courts of Abp. of York, 1300-1858
* London Lives 1690-1800
* Proceedings of the Old Bailey, 1674-1913
* Witches in Early Modern England

A rich collection of primary sources covering England from ca. 500 to 1914. The subject coverage is broad and each document has an introduction and bibliography. Volumes 1-5 cover 500 A.D. to 1558. Volumes 6–7, covering 1559–1659, were never published. Volume 8 covers 1660-1714.

Rich website linking to primary sources for all periods of European history. Organized first by country, and then loosely chronologically. Includes transcriptions, facsimiles, and, sometimes, translations. Maintained at Brigham Young University.

This multifaceted tool places art works from the Metropolitan Museum's collection within geographical and chronological context. It has excellent thematic essays (background information) that cover the historical eras and cultures that produced the works of art (the primary sources), along with maps and key events from each place and time period.

Access to maps from research libraries around the world. You may search a place and a time period to find high-resolution maps.

A microform collection comprising manuscripts by Sappho, Christine de Pisan, Marie de France, Julie of Norwich, Bridget of Sweden, Jane/Joan Lumley, Margaret Holby, Margery Kempe, Rose Throckmorton, Queen Mary, and Margaret Roper/More

Indexes over 460,000 that were published between 1473 and 1800 primarily in Britain and North America. Works are predominantly in English and are from the collections of the British Library and over 2,000 other libraries.