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State Papers Online, 1509-1714,publishedinfourseamlessParts,offersresearchersaground-breakingonlineresourceforunderstandingtwohundredyearsofBritishandEuropeanhistory,fromthereignofHenryVIIItotheendofthereignofQueenAnne.

Thelargestdigitalmanuscriptarchiveofitskind,State Papers Onlinegatherstogether16th-and17th-centuryBritishStatePapersandlinkstheserarehistoricalmanuscriptstotheirfullytext-searchableCalendars.Assuch,itradicallytransformsandsimplifiestheprocessofresearch,offeringEarlyModernscholarsunprecedentedaccesstothebehind-the-scenesworkingsoftheTudorandStuartgovernments.

Therichnessandvarietyofthedocumentsoffersresearchersandstudentsin-roadsintounderstandingeveryaspectofTudorandStuartgovernmentandsocietybothathomeandabroad.State Papers Onlineisacrucialresourcefororiginalresearch,teaching,andlearninginpolitics,society,economicandreligioushistoryinthe16thand17thcenturiesandservesthefollowingfieldsofstudy:

EarlyModernBritishandEuropeanHistory:diplomatic,political,social,cultural,local,legal,religious,kingshipandqueenship,exploration,travelandtrade,andearlyempire

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RenaissanceandReformationStudies

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Content and coverageState Papers Onlinecontainsalmost3millionpagesof“domestic”and“foreign”papers–theequivalentoftoday’sdocumentsfromtheHomeandForeignOfficesandtheRoyalArchives.Therangeofdocumentsisvast.Userscanbrowseandsearchcorrespondence,reports,accounts,petitions,andparliamentarydraftsfromcivilservantsandprovincialadministrators,delvingintoeventsthatdefinedthefuturecourseofstateandsocietyinBritainandtheworld.Everyfacetofadministration,lifeandsocietyiscapturedfromtheroutinetothescandalous;fromrecordsoftheresourcesoftheNavyandlistsofshipsandtheircargotothedetailedchargesbroughtagainstcriminals.

Reuniting the manuscriptsState Papers OnlineovercomesthefragmentedexperienceofpreviousresearchontheTudorandStuartperiodsbyre-unitingStatePapersDomestic,Foreign,Borders,Scotland,andIrelandwiththeRegistersofthePrivyCouncilintheNationalArchives,Kew,andotherStatePapersnowhousedintheCotton,HarleyandLansdownecollectionsintheBritishLibrary.

Bysearchingacrossthousandsofdocumentsinoneintegratedenvironmentresearcherscan,forthefirsttime,apprehendthesheerscale,rangeandprioritiesoftheTudorandStuartgovernments’activitiesandconcerns.

An international resourceTheglobalreachoftheseriesoffersresearchersthescopetoexploredocumentscoveringBritain’sdiplomaticrelationsandtradewithitsEuropeanneighbours,theOttomanEmpire,Russia,Asia,AfricaandtheAmericas.NumerousdocumentsdisclosehowthedynamicsofreligioustensionsandroyalmarriagealliancesunderpinnedEurope’spoliticsanddiplomacy.UserscanreadlettersfromPopes,Cardinalsandbishops,HolyRomanEmperors,theKingsofFranceandSpain,aswellasrulers,diplomats,counselorsandagentsfromeveryothercountryinEurope.

Streamlining researchState Papers Onlineexpandstheresearchpossibilitiesforscholarsofferingmultipleoptionsforfindingandviewingmanuscriptstosuitdifferentresearchneeds:

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Advisory boardGeneral Editor for Parts I and II:DrStephenAlford,UniversityofCambridge

General Editor for Parts III and IV:ProfessorJohnMiller,QueenMary,UniversityofLondon

DrPaulAyris,UniversityCollegeLondon

DrAdrianAiles,TheNationalArchives,Kew,UK

DrJohnCooper,UniversityofYork

ProfessorTomCogswell,UniversityofCalifornia,Riverside

ProfessorRichardCust,UniversityofBirmingham

ProfessorNormanJones,UtahStateUniversity

ProfessorJohnMiller,QueenMary,UniversityofLondon

ProfessorJohnMorrill,SelwynCollege,UniversityofCambridge

DrNeilYounger,VanderbiltUniversity

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Part I: The Tudors: Henry VIII to Elizabeth I, 1509–1603: State Papers Domestic Approx.270,000pagesofmanuscripts

114,000fully-searchableCalendarentries

PartIdeliversthecompleteseriesof StatePapersDomesticfortheTudorera,encompassingeveryfacetofearlymoderngovernmentincludingsocialandeconomicaffairs,lawandorder,religiouspolicy,crownpossessionsandintelligence.Thecollectionisofimmensevaluetoresearchersofreligioushistory,chroniclingsocialunrestinEnglandasitpitchedbackandforthbetweenthereligiouspositionsofitsrulers;fromtheboy-kingEdwardVI’spromotionoftheReformation,toMaryI’sbloodyreassertionofCatholicismandElizabethI’sloyaltytoProtestantismandenduringsuspicionofCatholicplots.

Key themes of Part I HenryVIII’srelationswithEurope

TheReformation

TheDissolutionoftheMonasteries

ElizabethI:MarriageandtheSuccession

VoyagesofDiscoveryofDrake,Gilbert,HawkinsandFrobisher

RelationsbetweentheCrownandthenobility

TheriseandfalloftheEarlofEssex

ThediplomacyofWilliamCecilandFrancisWalsingham

Royalsuccession

Series: TheNationalArchives,London:SP1-7,10-13,15

BritishLibrary:LansdowneCollectionBurghleyPapers

CalendarstoalltheaboveseriesandtheHistoricalManuscriptCommissionCalendarsandHaynes/MurdintranscriptionsoftheCecilPapers,HatfieldHouse

Part II: The Tudors: Henry VIII to Elizabeth I, 1509–1603: State Papers Foreign, Ireland, Scotland, Borders and Registers of the Privy Council 520,000pagesofmanuscripts

212,405fully-searchableCalendarentries

PartIIreunitestheForeign,Scotland,BordersandIrelandpapersforthe16thcenturywiththeRegisters(‘Minutes’)ofthePrivyCouncilforthewholeoftheTudorperiod.PartII’scomprehensivecoverageofinternationaldiplomacy,colonialpolicy,commercialandmaritimelaw,tradeandindustryandnavalandmilitarypolicyoffersEarlyModernhistorianskeyinsightsnotonlyintotheinnerworkingsoftheTudorcourtbutalsointothecourtsofitsforeignalliesandenemies.

OwingtotheinternationalreachoftheStatePapers,userswillfindhundreds,insomeinstancesthousands,ofdocumentspartlyorcompletelywritteninnon-Englishlanguagesincluding,butnotlimitedto,Dutch,French,German,Italian,LatinandSpanish.

Key themes of Part II Mary,QueenofScots:captivity,trialandexecution

FrenchwarsofreligionbetweenCatholicsandHuguenots(1562–98)

1541ActraisingIrelandintoaKingdomannexedtotheCrownofEngland

HenryVIII’s‘roughwooing’ofScotland

England’sdefeatofPhilipIIofSpain’sGrandArmadain1588

Beginningof80-yearwarbetweenSpainandtheNetherlandsin1566

England’srelationswiththeBarbaryStates,Denmark,Flanders,France,Genoa,HolyRomanEmpire,GermanStates,HamburgandHanseTowns,HollandandFlanders,theItalianStatesandRome,Poland,Portugal,Russia,SavoyandSardinia,SicilyandNaples,Spain,Sweden,Switzerland,Turkey,TuscanyandVenice

Series: TheNationalArchives,London:SP46,49,50-53,59-63,65,66,68-71,75,77-85,88,89,91,92,94-99,101-106,108,andPC2BritishLibrary:SelecteddocumentsfromtheCotton,HarleyandYelvertonCollections

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Part III: The Stuarts: James I to Anne, 1603–1714: State Papers Domestic Approx.1.2millionpagesofmanuscripts

270,000fully-searchableCalendarentries

StatePapersDomesticfortheStuarteraistherichestprimarysourcearchiveofitskindtocovernationalaffairsinthe17thcentury.ThemanuscriptsandaccompanyingCalendarsarevitaltoanyscholar’sunderstandingofthisturbulentcenturyofcivilstrife,revolutionandregicide.

Theclandestineworldofespionageandtreasonemergesinnumerousdocumentsdescribingplotsandassassinationattempts;threevolumesoftheStatePapersarededicatedtotheGunpowderPlotalone.ReportsofmilitarymanoeuvresandaccountsofbattlesbringtheEnglishCivilWarsharplytolifewhilesoberingtestimoniescapturethepublic’sexperienceofdisastersliketheGreatPlagueandtheGreatFireofLondon.

Key events covered: TheCoronationofJamesI

TheGunpowderPlot

TheCoronationofCharlesI

TheEnglishCivilWar

ThetrialandexecutionofCharlesI

DeclarationofEnglandasaCommonwealth

OliverCromwell’sreign

Restorationofthemonarchy

TheGreatFireofLondon

WilliamofOrange’sinvasionofEngland

TheCoronationofAnne

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TheNationalArchives,London:SP8,14-18,20-22,24-34,44

Part IV: The Stuarts: James I to Anne, 1603–1714: State Papers Foreign, Ireland and Registers of the Privy Council Approx.900,000pagesofmanuscripts

38,000fully-searchableCalendarentries

PartIVcompletesthePapersoftheStuartperiodandcontainsvolumesofStatePapersfrom,toandaboutallthecountriesofEurope.ManyofthesecountrieshavelosttheirowncollectionsfromthisperiodincreasingtherarityandvalueoftheseBritishStatePapers.Allthegreatinternationalthemesofthe17thcenturyplayoutindocumentafterdocumentmakingthemanessentialresourcefornotonlyBritishbutEuropeanHistory:marriagealliances,revolutions,warsandtreaties,tradeandcommerceand,crucially,religion.

ResearcherscanbrowseandsearchthelettersexchangedbetweenthemonarchsandrulersofEurope,RussiaandtheOttomanEmpire,thereportsofambassadorsandmembersofthetradingcompanies,aswellastreatiesandotherdocumentsoftrade.BydisclosingEuropeanrulers’relationshipswitheachotherandofferingconfidentialaccountsofcourtlifeasseenthroughtheeyesofambassadorsPartIVprovidesresearcherswithexcitingnewavenuesintoexploringandunderstanding17th-centuryinternationaldiplomacy,politics,law,religion,travel,tradeandcolonialexpansion.

Key Themes: Barbarypiracy

ChristianIVofDenmarkandrivalrywithSweden

CollapseofthePolish-LithuanianCommonwealth

EndoftheDutchRevolt1609

EnglishCivilWar1642–1651

EnglishandScottishcolonisationinthePlantationsofIreland

EuropeanColonisationoftheAmericas

GreatTurkishWar1662–1699

ImpactofSpanishColonialwealth

Marriagealliances

PowerstrugglesbetweenProtestantandCatholiccountriesandstates

ScientificRevolution

ThirtyYears’War1618–1648

WarsoftheThreeKingdoms

Series: TheNationalArchives,London:PC1,2,4,6,

SP45-47,54,57,63,64,65-67,71,75-82,84-93,94-99,101-106,109,110

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