Early Modern England is the website for people interested in the history of England. We focus on English history from the late 15th century to the 19th century, including the Tudors, Stuarts, Georgians and Victorian Age.
We hope to offer you interesting news and resources about this period, including articles, videos and reports about places to see in England that shows its historical heritage.
Articles
Over 300 articles online including:
The ‘Gresham Ship’: an interim report on a 16th-century wreck from Princes Channel, Thames Estuary
Violence and violent crime in the North East, c. 1650-1720
Reactions and responses to the Great Fire: London and England in the later 17th century
Bearded Women in Early Modern England
Sporting Days in Eighteenth Century England
Elizabeth’s Symbolic Marriage to England: A History of Lasting Union
Women, performance, and the household in early modern England, 1580-1660
The Pirate and the Privateer: A Comparative Study of Sir Francis Drake and Sir Henry Morgan
Glass Houses: Why the Subjects of Queen Elizabeth Avoided the Subject of Pope Joan
Videos
1688: The First Modern Revolution
The Abolition of the Slave Trade 200 Years On
Why no Revolution in 1848 in Britain
News
Work begins on Mary Rose Museum
Disease killed soldiers from Oliver Cromwell’s army discovered in Fishergate
Eleanor Cross in London restored
British Library unrolls Henry VIII’s pious past
Hospital archive reveals the treatment of the mentally ill in the Victorian Period
Books
Dangerous Talk: Scandalous, Seditious, and Treasonable Speech in Pre-Modern England, by David Cressy
Fighting fires : creating the British fire service, 1800-1978, by Shane Ewen
Places to See
Belsay Hall and Castle – Northumberland