The 1798 rebellion and the origins of Irish republicanism
long essay on “the largest popular republican rising in Irish history” (Andrew Flood)
British catholic policy in eighteenth-century Ireland and Quebec
PhD thesis (1998) by Karen Stanbridge, a comparative study of British Catholic legislation examining the processes leading to the legislation and their outcomes (Theses Canada Portal)
Country House Database
Country houses in the British Isles from the late medieval period to ca. 1850, together with an index to all the families so far traced as having occupied them. Organised by region (England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, islands) (Robin Alston)
Early modern holiday calendar for England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales
(Kristen McDermott)
Mapping the celtic fringe in early modern Britain
PhD thesis (1998) by Christopher Ivic, exploring ‘the discursive production of national and cultural identities in early modern Britain and Ireland’ (Theses Canada Portal)
Scotland, Scandinavia and Northern Europe, 1580-1707
a database of information relating to about 5000 people from Scotland, England, Ireland and Wales who migrated to or worked in Denmark-Norway and Sweden-Finland (St Andrews University)
Uniting the Kingdoms? Britain 1066-1603
online exhibit asking: ‘How did the inhabitants of the island of Britain think of themselves in the five and a half centuries between 1066 and 1603? Did they see themselves as British, or as English, Scottish or Welsh? Or was a local identity more important? And what did English dominance mean for Ireland and France, which had never been part of Britain?’ It looks at interactions in politics, warfare, religion, trade and everyday life between England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and England’s French territories. Including images of over seventy key documents. It’s divided into five main ‘galleries’: Scotland, Wales, England, Ireland and France. There are also maps; and links to further materials within the text (The National Archives)
