Library Research Guides: HIST 354: King-Killers in Early Modern Britain and France: Specific Sources

England, Ireland, and Scotland

Lambeth Archbishop Papers
Sets of papers from the Lambeth Palace Library's collection from Archbishops. Not comprehensive.
Letters of Queen Henrietta Maria : including her private correspondence with Charles the First : collected from the public archives and private libraries of France and England
The court and times of Charles the First : containing a series of historical and confidential letters
The court and times of Charles the First :
containing a series of historical and confidential letters, including memoirs of the mission in England of the Capuchin friars in the service of Henrietta Maria, and a variety of other particulars not mentioned by our historians /
transcribed from the originals in the British Museum, state paper office, and private collections, by Thomas Birch.
Speeches, 1644-1658
A collection of Cromwell's speeches.
Original letters and papers of state, addressed to Oliver Cromwell;
Original letters and papers of state,
addressed to Oliver Cromwell; concerning the affairs of Great Britain. From the year MDCXLIX to MDCLVIII. Found among the political collections of Mr. John Milton. Now first published from the originals.
The Commonwealth of England; documents of the English civil wars, the Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1641-1660,
Letters of William Herle
William Herle was an agent, spy and diplomat to the court of Elizabeth I.

Shakespeare's Globe Archive: Theatres, Players & Performance
Primary source archive documenting 200 productions of Shakespeare and other playwrights performed in the reconstructed Globe Theatre, including architectural plans, costume designs, prompt books, music, interviews, oral histories, posters, props, performance photographs, and more.
Dates: 1997-2016 CE
Shakespeare in Performance: Prompt Books from the Folger Shakespeare Library
An archive of nearly 1,000 prompt books of 34 of Shakespeare's plays, showing how they were performed in theatres throughout Great Britain, the U.S., and internationally. Prompt books feature the the text of play, usually annotated to include cut lines or scenes, cues for music, movement, lighting, and other stage directions.
Dates: 1660s-1975 CE
Literary Print Culture: The Stationers' Company Archive, 1554-2007
Primary sources related to the history of printing, bookbinding, publishing, copyright, and bookselling in Britain, as well as the history the city of London.
Dates: 1554-2007 CE
Trade in Early Modern London: Livery Company Records, 1450-1750
Court records and financial accounts from six of London's principal livery companies trade guilds that dominated the economic, social, cultural, and political life of the city. An insight into labor, economics, politics, and more from the Early Modern period.
Dates: 1450-1750 CE

Letters of Philip II, King of Spain, 1592–1597
EMLO
Early Modern Letters Online is a combined finding aid and editorial interface for basic descriptions of early modern correspondence: a collaboratively populated union catalogue of sixteenth-, seventeenth-, and eighteenth-century letters
Gallica
The digital presence of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France. It contains millions of digitized newspapers, magazines, images, and sound recordings relating to France and French history and culture.