Knowledge Hub
Explore our curated resources to deepen your understanding of early modern history and culture.

Recommended Reading Lists
This is not an exhaustive list but an introduction to Early Modern History.
Military History:
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The Rise of Modern Warfare 1618-1815
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Europe's Tragedy
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Empires and Indigenes: Intercultural Alliance, Imperial Expansion, and Warfare in the Early Modern World
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The Business of War: Military Enterprise and Military Revolution in Early Modern Europe
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The Military Revolution in Early Modern Europe: A Revision
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Early Modern Military History, 1450-1815
Women's History:
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Normal Women
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Women and Gender in Early Modern Europe
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Reading Early Modern Women: An Anthology of Texts in Manuscript and Print, 1550-1700
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The Youth of Early Modern Women
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Elizabeth's Wars: War, Government and Society in Tudor England, 1544-1604
Economic History:
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The Early Modern Atlantic Economy
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Economy and Society in Early Modern Europe
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Earthly Necessities: Economic Lives in Early Modern Britain
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A History of States and Economic Policies in Early Modern Europe
British History:
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A History of Britain in Ten Enemies
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Unruly
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The Hollow Crown
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The English Civil War
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Early Modern England: A Social History 1550-1760
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The Making of the Modern Self
European History:
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Powers and Thrones
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Reformation: Europe's House Divided
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Early Modern Europe: Facts and Fictions
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The European dynastic states, 1494-1660
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The Dutch Republic: Its Rise, Greatness, and Fall 1477-1806
History of Marginalised Communities:
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Black Tudors
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Recovering Disability in Early Modern England
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The Marginalisation of Gypsies in Scotland
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Early Modern Ethnic and Religious Communities in Exile
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Women and Race in Early Modern Texts
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Early Modern Others
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Early Modern Diasporas: A European History

Primary Sources
Engage with artifacts from the Early Modern period,
Folger Shakespeare Library Digital Collections
The British Library Digitised Manuscripts
The Institute of Historical Research Wohl Library
The Tate: Early Modern British Art
UCL Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts and Printed Books
University of Oxford Bodleian Library
Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Multimedia
A collection of multimedia resources to experience the early modern world beyond the written word.