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GALE DIGITAL COLLECTIONS
State Papers Online, 1509-1714
Julia de Mowbray, Publisher
Scott Dawson, Product Manager
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GALE DIGITAL COLLECTIONS
State Papers Online, 1509-1714
State Papers Domestic, Foreign, Scotland, Ireland and Registers of the Privy Council
Parts I & II: The Tudors: 1509-1603 Parts III & IV: The Seventeenth Century and the Stuarts, 1603-1714
The evolution of State Papers Online
2003 - Oct 2006:
“When are you going to digitize Complete State Papers Domestic?”
Series One: Units 1-10, 227 reels
Units 1-5: Edward VI, Mary I, Elizabeth I, 1547-1603 Units 6-9: James I, 1603-1625 Unit 10: Addenda, 1547-1625 Series Two, Units 11-35, 552 reels
Units 11-18: Charles I, 1625-1648 Units 19-24: Interregnum, 1649-1660 Units 25-34: Charles II Unit 35: William III and Mary--King William's Chest
Series Three
Units 36-41: Henry VIII, 1509-1547
Complete Collection: 903 reels
Dr Paul Ayris Director of Library Services, University College
London Dr Amanda Bevan The National Archives
Dr John Cooper University of York
Professor Tom Cogswell University of California, Riverside
Dr Richard Cust University of Birmingham
Professor Norman Jones Utah State University
Professor John Miller Queen Mary, University of London
Professor John Morrill University of Cambridge
Dr Neil Younger University of Birmingham
General Editor: Parts I and II (Sixteenth Century)
Dr Stephen Alford, University of Cambridge
Advisory Board
What would make SPO a really valuable research archive
for Early Modern research?
* The linking of each Calendar entry with each manuscript document
SPO overcomes the difficulty of matching an individual Calendar entry to the
original Paper by linking each facsimile document to its Calendar entry * A searchable product All the Calendars are fully searchable including the indexes * The reuniting of State Papers Domestic, Foreign, Borders, Scotland and Ireland * Including the Registers of the Privy Council * Including State Papers now in other collections such as the British Library’s Cotton and Harley Collections and the Cecil Papers at Hatfield House
SPO unites State Papers Domestic, Foreign, Scotland, Borders, Ireland, Lansdowne Collection Burghley Papers, Cotton, Harley manuscripts with the Registers of the Privy Council
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, 15 BL: Lansdowne, Burghley Papers Hatfield 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 Manuscripts Calendars or lists to all
Part III: 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, 45 BL: Coke Papers: Add MS 64870-64924, 69868-69935, 69936-69998, 4157-4158 Calendars to all Part IV: 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, 6 BL: State Papers in the Harley Collection Calendars or lists to all
est pages %
Part I: 16C Domestic 380,000pp 13%
Part II: 16C Foreign, etc 500,000pp 18%
Part III: 17C Domestic 1,100,000pp 40%
Part IV: 17C Foreign, etc 900,000pp 29%
Total: 2,880,000 pp 100%
Size
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Photographs taken during the preparation of the documents for scanning
• Scanned facsimile images of State Papers (as above left)
• Calendars, transcripts or hand lists re-keyed (as above right)
• Each document will be linked to its Calendar entry
Calendar entry for document
Document
Home page
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
Icons will link to:
• Document
• Full Calendar
entry with notes
• Show/hide
Calendar entry
Mock-up:
Parallel view:
Calendar and
Document
Mock-up:
Document
and
notepad
Mock-up:
Personal
Archive
Saved Searches
Saved Documents
Saved Notes
Personal Archive
Mock-up:
Browse
SP 1 Vol. 1 folio 1 folio 2 folio 3 folio 4 folio 5 …. Vol. 2 Vol. 3 …. SP 2 SP 3 SP 4 SP 5 SP 6
State Papers Letters & Papers Henry VIII Vol. 1, Part I Part II Part III Vol. II Vol. III Vol. IV …… CSP, Domestic Series, Edward VI CSP, Domestic Series, Mary I CSP, Domestic Series, Ed VI, Mary I, Eliz I, 1547-1580 CSP, Domestic Series, Eliz, add, 1566-1579 CSP, Domestic Series, Eliz, 1581-1590 CSP, Domestic Series, Eliz, 1591-1594 CSP, Domestic Series, Eliz, 1595-1597
Contact us / Discussion Forum
• to send comments, corrections, transcriptions
Research Tools
• Abbreviations
• Glossaries
• Dates
• Money, weights and measures
• Chronology
• Genealogical Tree of the Tudors and Stuarts
• Diagram Maps showing counties of England, dioceses and linguistic boundaries
• The Structure of Government
• Links to Related Resources
– Biographies, Understanding Documents, Palaeography Courses, Latin Courses
– Primary Sources, Texts, Catalogues and Bibliographies, Maps and Place Names
– Portraits and Images
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 Documents A selection of key documents from the archive – enables quick access for teaching
‘…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
An essential resource for:
Early Modern history:
diplomatic
political
social
cultural
local
legal
religious
kingship and queenship
European
travel and trade
Early Modern literature
The Reformation and Religious History
Sample document:
The funeral of Mary I
Monarchs Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I, Elizabeth I
Rule by a minor
Rule by a woman (twice)
Religion and the State - The Reformation
Henry VIII’s break with Rome
Establishment of the 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 Part I: 1509 - 1603
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
SPO brings a new future for research
A powerful research solution not available elsewhere
SPO creates a “search engine” for manuscript documents
SPO overcomes the difficulty of matching an individual Calendar entry
to the original Paper by linking each facsimile document to its Calendar
entry
SPO reunites documents sub-divided by earlier generations (Domestic,
Foreign, etc)
SPO is created in consultation with Advisory Board of key British and
American experts on the subject and documents