Research Guides: HIST 4300: History of France and England, 1500-1800: Primary Sources

Gale Primary Sources This link opens in a new window
Modules include British and French primary sources from 1600-1800 including newspapers, law, and trials.
Eighteenth Century Journals (Adam Matthew) This link opens in a new window
British periodicals from 1685-1835
Perdita Manuscripts, 1500-1700 This link opens in a new window
Manuscripts from early modern, British, women authors
Electronic Enlightenment This link opens in a new window
Correspondence on major topics from the 1600s-1800s
This resource has a 2-user seat limit.

WorldCat This link opens in a new window
Search for books from libraries worldwide. Includes link to request materials through Interlibrary Loan (ILL).
Early English Books Online This link opens in a new window
History of English thought from 1475-1700, full-text. Includes modern text transcription feature.
Early European Books 1-15 This link opens in a new window
History of printing in Europe from circa 1450s-1700, full-text
HathiTrust Digital Library This link opens in a new window
Digitized books, pamphlets, and journals.
Current SMU students and employees with documented print disabilities are eligible to access additional materials in HathiTrust. Contact libraryaccess@smu.edu for more information.

British History Online
Digital library of printed primary and secondary sources for the history of Britain and Ireland, c.1300 to 1800.
Georgian Papers
Contains digitized images of material dating from the reigns of George I to William IV held in the Royal Archives.
Gallica
Digitized collections from Bibliothèque nationale de France.
British Library Digital Collections
Digitized manuscripts, pamphlets, and ephemera.
The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, London's Central Criminal Court, 1674-1913
"A fully searchable edition of the largest body of texts detailing the lives of non-elite people ever published, containing 197,745 criminal trials held at London's central criminal court"
London Lives 1690-1800: Crime, Poverty and Social Policy in the Metropolis

17th & 18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers This link opens in a new window
English newspapers & pamphlets, 1757-1817
17th & 18th Century Nichols Collection of UK Newspapers This link opens in a new window
London newspapers & pamphlets spanning the years 1672-1737
British Library Newspapers, Part I-VI This link opens in a new window
Regional & local newspapers, 1700-1950

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