Contains over 5,500 indexed and fully searchable primary source documents from British history covering the period 500-1914
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Description
English Historical Documents is the most comprehensive, annotated collection of documents on British history ever compiled. Conceived during the Second World War with a view to ensuring the most important historical documents remained available and accessible in perpetuity, the first volume came out in 1953, and the most recent volume almost sixty years later.
Subjects covered include:
- Demographic and environmental history
- Economic history
- Foreign affairs
- Empire and Commonwealth
- Intellectual, cultural and artistic history
- Media and communication
- Medical history and health
- Military history
- Women's history
- Political, administrative and legal history
- Religious history
- Social and cultural identity
- Social history
- Technology
Useful if you study:
- History
- British history
- Medieval and Early Modern studies