what makes state papers online a really valuable research archive for early modern research? spo...
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What makes State Papers Online a really valuable
research archive for Early Modern research?
• SPO overcomes the difficulty of matching an individual Calendar entry to the original Paper by linking each facsimile document to its Calendar entry
* All the Calendars are fully searchable including the indexes
* SPO unites State Papers Domestic, Foreign, Scotland, Borders, Ireland, Lansdowne Collection Burghley Papers, Cotton, Harley manuscripts with the Registers of the Privy Council plus the Calendars and transcriptions of the Cecil Papers at Hatfield House
Part 1: The Tudors, Henry VIII to Elizabeth I, 1509-1603: State Papers Domestic
TNA: SP 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15BL: Lansdowne, Burghley PapersHatfield House: Cecil Papers (Calendars and transcriptions only)Calendars to all
Part II: The Tudors, Henry VIII to Elizabeth I, 1509-1603: State Papers Foreign, Ireland, Scotland, Borders and Registers of the Privy Council
TNA: SP 46, 49, 50,51, 52, 53, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 65, 66, 68, 69, 70, 71, 75, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 88, 89, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 108, PC 2 BL: State Papers in the Cotton, Harley Collection, Yelverton ManuscriptsCalendars or lists to all
Part III: The Stuarts: James I, to Anne, 1603-1714: State Papers Domestic
TNA: SP 8, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 44, 45BL: Coke Papers: Add MS 64870-64924, 69868-69935, 69936-69998, 4157-4158Calendars to all
Part IV: The Stuarts: James I to Anne, 1603-1714: State Papers Foreign, Ireland and Registers of Privy Council
TNA: SP 46, 47, 54, 57, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 71, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 108, 112, PC 1, 2, 4, 6BL: State Papers in the Harley CollectionCalendars or lists to all
Part 1: 380,000pp of docs 13%Part II: 500,000pp 18%Part III: 1,100,000pp 40%Part IV: 900,000pp 29%Total: 2,880,000pp 100%
Dr Paul Ayris University College LondonDr Amanda Bevan The National ArchivesDr John Cooper University of YorkProfessor Tom Cogswell University of California, RiversideDr Richard Cust University of BirminghamProfessor Norman Jones Utah State UniversityProfessor John Miller Queen Mary, University of LondonProfessor John Morrill University of CambridgeDr Neil Younger University of Birmingham
General Editors: Parts I and II (Sixteenth Century): Dr Stephen Alford, University of CambridgeParts III and IV (Seventeenth Century): Professor John Miller, Queen Mary,
University of London
Advisory Board
Power & Rule Religion and the State •Henry VIII The Reformation•Rule by a minor Henry VIII’s break with Rome•Rule by a woman (twice) Establishment of Protestant Church of England
Marriage alliances – •the person and the State•Mary I’s marriage with Philip (later Philip II of Spain)•Marriage proposals for Elizabeth I
Wars and treaties – diplomacy domestic and foreign•Naval power, War against the Armada & Sir Francis Drake•Treaty with the Netherlands•Irish rebellion•Relationship between Scotland and England – James I
Themes of SPO Part I: 1509 - 1603
Advanced search with search fields and limiters
*All = Calendar Entries plus front matter, end matter, indexes*Text = Calendar/transcription Entries only*Document Title*Series number = SP 10 or SP 10/1*Place of writing*Author*Recipient
Results List
Calendar View
Parallel view: Calendar and Document
Document View
Full Screen Document View
Browse Calendar
Browse Manuscripts
Mock-up:
Document and notepad
‘…this project would be of tremendous interest, both as a research tool and a teaching device at undergraduate & postgraduate levels, comparable to EEBO or Thomson's own ECCO.’ Dr Henry French, University of Exeter
‘If affordable, every research library would want to buy this. ... linking the correct Calendar reference to the document would be huge advance.’ Dr John Cooper, University of York
‘Containing facsimile manuscript material as well as the printed calendars, it is an absolutely fantastic - and unrivalled - resource for early modernists working on a huge range of topics.’ Dr Garthine Walker, University of Cardiff
[SPO] ‘can help us answer what is meant by the state and what were its functions.’ Professor Mark Knights, University of Warwick
The significance of SPO has been immediately recognized
Essays for SPO I by leading scholars with links to the documents
Introduction, Dr Stephen Alford, University of Cambridge
The State Papers of Henry VIII: The Archives and the Documents, Dr Amanda Bevan, The National Archives
The State Papers of Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I: The Archives and the Documents, Dr Stephen Alford
The Calendars and their Editors, 1856-2006, Dr C. S. Knighton, formerly at The National Archives
Tudor Monarchy, Dr John Cooper, University of York
The Tudor State, Dr Neil Younger, University of Birmingham
Tudor Society, Matthew Clark, University of Cambridge
Henry VIII’s Break with Rome, Dr Richard Rex, University of Cambridge
Politicians and Statesmen I: Cardinal Wolsey, Dr David Grummitt, The History of Parliament
Politicians and Statesmen II: William Cecil, Lord Burghley, Dr Stephen Alford
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Reference and Links• Abbreviations• Glossaries• Dates• Money, weights and measures• Chronology• Officers of Government• Links to Related Online Resources
– Biographies, Understanding Documents, Palaeography Courses, Latin Courses– Primary Sources, Texts, Catalogues and Bibliographies, Maps and Place Names
Image Library• Portraits of key figures• Illustrations – from the funeral of Queen Elizabeth to illustrations of London
and the Thames• Maps – including Lord Burghley’s Atlas
Key DocumentsA selection of key documents from the archive – enables quick access for teaching