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A collection of digital archive covering historical materials across the widest range of government concerns,linked to their fully text-searchable calendars.

"The 'long eighteenth century', the period, at least in international relations, from the overthrow of James II (and VII of Scotland), in the Glorious Revolution…"

A collection of digital archives covering British government records during the Age of Enlightenment, linked to their fully text-searchable calendars.

A collection of digital archives covering two hundred years of British and European history, from the reign of Henry VIII to the end of the reign of Queen Anne.

"Most of the government archives offices were united into one Public Record Office in 1838, not to be joined by the State Paper Office itself until 1852. However…"

"As most researchers in the field of early modern British history are aware, the contents of the state papers…are to some extent the product of historical…"

"State Papers Foreign offer much for an understanding of the development of the German states in this period. The key German states for scrutiny were…"

"The State Papers Online project provides digital access to two major collections of documents relating to Scandinavia which are housed in The National Archives.."

"On first opening volumes of the early seventeenth-century State Papers Foreign, readers are dazzled by the collection's contents and its comprehensiveness…"

"During the first seventy-five years of the eighteenth century Britain emerged as the paramount world naval power. The ground work had been…"

"There are 180 volumes covering Anglo-French relations in SP 78, the most numerous number for any state in eighteenth-century Europe…"

"The State Papers are excellent sources for the foreign policy of Britain and other states and, indirectly, for the processes of policy formation and government…"

State Papers Online offers easy access to the full range of the Tudor and Stuart governments’ domestic and foreign activities in a searchable digital format.

"The provision of information by diplomats was but part of the process by which the British government acquired knowledge about the capability…"

"One of the many fascinating aspects of British eighteenth century history was the emergence of the nation as a European power of the first order…"

"In the seventeenth century, English foreign policy focused on near-neighbours and the challenges they posed: on France, on Spain, the ruler of modern Belgium…"

"Situated within the iconic Round Tower at Windsor Castle, the Royal Archives holds an unparalleled collection of documents relating to the history of…"

"In 1872 the Reverend J. S. Brewer, classical scholar and editor of the great series of Letters and Papers of the reign of King Henry VIII, completed his…"

"The Stuart Papers are a product of this crucial shift towards modernity. Technically speaking, they are the archive of the government-in-exile created…"