ENGLISH HISTORY ON THE WEB

 As with any information, view all of the following sites with a critical eye.  Anyone can publish anything on the web.  As a consumer, remember to evaluate all information that you find on the web and not merely take it at face value.


General British History

H-Albion
Academic Info: British History
Historical Geographical Information System
Britannia
Britain Express
Centre for London Metropolitan History
Borthwick Institute
The British Library
The English Calendar
Historical Monuments of England
British History 1700-1950
The Black Presence in Britain

Electronic Archives

These sources can aid you in your search for articles and/or documents related to British history. 
National Archives
Access to Archives
Carrie: A Full Text Electronic Library
The WWW Virtual Library: History
Public Record Office
Electronic Library
The Historical Text Archive
Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography
Researching British History: A Library Guide
Rural History Centre
Business Archives Council  

  A Roughly Chronological Listing

of British History Sites on the Web

Pre-history through Anglo-Saxon Times  

Aerial Views of Stonehenge
Stonehenge
The Mystery of Stonehenge
How Stonehenge was Built
Stonehenge-Avebury Site
Early British Kingdoms
Beaker Folk to Anglo-Saxons
Map of Anglo-Saxon England
Old English Pages: Historical Contexts
Saint George of England
Anglo-Saxon, Viking, and Norman History
Anglo-Saxon Culture
Anglo-Saxon Page
Our Anglo-Saxon Heritage
Anglo-Saxon Bibliography
Guide to Resouces: Anglo-Saxon England
Cnute the Great

  Enter the Normans 

The Norman Invasion and Conquest
Invasion of England, 1066
The Battle of Hastings
The Battle of Hastings, 1066
The Norman Conquest
The Bayeaux Tapestry and the Norman Invasion
The Bayeaux Tapestry
Bayeaux Tapestry
Bayeaux Tapestry Interpretations
Feudal Terms
Feudalism
Feudalism Links

Medieval Times 

The Online Medieval and Classical Library
NetSERF: Medieval Resources
Medieval Sourcebook
Medieval English Towns
The English Medieval Castle
Dominion & Domination of the Gentle Sex
Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies
Medieval English and Irish History
Medieval Heresy
Medieval Heresy Links
Thomas Becket
The Murder of Thomas Becket
A Feast for the Eyes
Ravensgard Medieval Site
The Declaration of Arbroath (1320)
Medieval Life and the Hundred Years War
Chronology of the Hundred Years War
Maps of the Hundred Years War
A Timeline of the Hundred Years War
Julian of Norwich (1342-1416)
Julian of Norwich (1342-1416)
Margery of Kempe (1373-1438)
The Black Plague in Europe
The Wars of the Roses
Wars of the Roses History Guide
Richard III
Battle of Bosworth
Richard III

Early Modern England /Tudors and Stuarts  

Early Modern England
The Tudors
Tudor England
Tudor England
Suppression of the Monasteries
Lady Jane Grey
Lady Jane Grey
Anne Boleyn and Elizabeth I
Elizabeth I
Elizabeth I
The Reformation Guide
Elizabethan England
History of the Spanish Armada
The Tyburn Tree
The Spanish Armada
The English Plague
Guy Fawkes
Guy Fawkes Day
Guy Fawkes
King James I
The Stuarts
Royal Stuarts
The Founding of Jamestown
History of the Thirty Years' War
Renaissance and 17th-Century Literature
Historical Resources: English Renaissance
The English Civil War
Oliver Cromwell
The Great Fire of  London
The Glorious Revolution of 1688
Modern Britain Resources 1688-2000

 
 

An Old English Rhyme

Remember, remember the fifth of November 
Of gunpowder, treason, and plot 
I see no reason why gunpowder treason 
should ever be forgot

The Eighteenth Century and The Victorians 

A Regency Repository
The Regency Page
The Victorian Web
Victoria Research Web
Punch: A History Project

  Empire  

The British Empire
The British Empire
The British Empire Studies
The British Empire Today
Overview of the British Empire
Links about Canada in History
A Short History of the Opium Wars
The Commonwealth

The Twentieth Century 

Trenches on the Web: WWI
D-Day
The Battle of Britain
Britain in the News
10 Downing Street
Britain and European Monetary Union
Social Security in Britain
Images of England
The Church of England
The Winston Churchill
Churchill: The Evidence
National Maritime Museum

The Monarchy 

Here's a little ditty to help you remember the order of some of the early English monarchs.  One of the best ways to study for examinations of this early period is to memorize each monarch ir chronological order and then events of his/her reign.

Willy, Willy, Harry, Ste
Harry, Dick, John, Harry three


Coronation of the Kings and Queens of England
Monarchs of England and Great Britain
The Monarchs of England
Family Tree of the British Monarchs
Genealogy of the Monarchs of England
Royal Genealogies Home Page
The Royalty in History Page
Royal and Noble Genealogical Data
Monarchs of England and Scotland
Britannia on Monarchy
The British Monarchy

Page last modified June 2004