State Papers Online Part II goes live (UK)

The first part of the State Papers Online Project was completed last November when 200 volumes of papers containing a complete collection of the Domestic State Papers from Henry VIII to Elizabeth I became available online. Last Thursday, July 9th, to mark the 500th anniversary of Henry VIII’s accession to the throne, State Papers Online Part II was released online by Gale, part of Cengage Learning, in conjunction with The National Archives. The aim of the State Papers Online project is to create an online database of the domestic and foreign State Papers and Registers of the Privy Council from 1509 to 1714, making them accessible to academics and the general public and providing a new resource for the study of early modern Britain and Europe.

Part II of the collection includes Foreign, Scotland, Borders and Ireland papers for the 16th century as well as the Registers of the Privy Council for the whole of the Tudor period. The papers provide an insight into some of the most important international historic events and themes from 1509 to 1603, including marriage contracts, wars and treaties, trade and commerce and religion.