Bible: King James Version
fully searchable electronic (SGML) edition of the King James Bible (University of Michigan Humanities Text Initiative)
Bibliographies for studies of the Reformation
Introductory bibliography and more specialised bibliographies on Erasmus, Luther, Bucer, Zwingli, Calvin and Ignatius of Loyola (William Harmless)
Books of Common Prayer
Links to various online versions of the Anglican prayer book, including the 1552, 1559 and 1662 editions (Reformed Episcopal Church)
The Catholic Reformation
Links to online source materials and web resources (Internet Archive of Texts and Documents)
The Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540-1835
a relational database documenting the known careers of Church of England clergymen; can be searched by persons, locations, etc. Unfortunately, much of the supporting website is at present (Sept ‘06) incomplete.
The World Turned Upside Down
Site on the ‘English Revolution’, the perspective from ‘below’; plenty of links, bibliography. Stimulating and engaging on the various radical movements (and their twentieth-century descendants) (Street Corner Society)
English Dissenters
Bibliography (ExLibris)
George Fox’s autobiography
Full text (Street Corner Society)
Gunpowder Plot Online Classroom
Plenty of useful resources for teaching (Center for Fawkesian Pursuits)
Gunpowder Plot
Information on the plot, primary documents, links (Gunpowder Plot Society)
To Picture a Plot
Site examining images of the Plot ever since its happening as cultural products, changing in their significance through time (Center for Fawkesian Pursuits)
Historical Texts by Quakers
Key early Quaker texts (Street Corner Society)
Historical Texts on the Levellers
Selection of key texts (Street Corner Society)
Jesuits and the Sciences, 1540-1995
Online exhibit with extensive sections on the early modern period (Loyola University Science Library) (NB: Wayback Archive)
To prevent a “Shipwreck of Souls”: Johann Weyer’s defence of Witches
article by Elisa Slattery on Weyer’s ‘De praestigiis demonum’ (U. Virginia)
From Essays in history, 36 (1994)
John Calvin
Texts about and by Calvin, with search facility (Christian Classics Ethereal Library)
John Dee and the English Calendar: Science, Religion and Empire
seminar paper by Robert Poole, on an always-fascinating Renaissance figure, the Welsh polymath John Dee (mathematician and magician among other talents)
Institute of Historical Research e-seminars (1996-98, exact date unknown)
Luther and Science
Essay, written by a professor of physics, examining the attitudes of Luther and his followers towards science (particularly astronomy) (Donald H Kobe)
The Newton Project
this project aims to make all Newton’s printed and manuscript writings freely available online, covering his best-known scientific work but also his theological texts and alchemical tracts. It will provide fully searchable transcripts and page images, translations of non-English texts, and more.
The Protestant Reformation
Links to primary source materials and web resources (Internet Archive of Texts and Documents)
Fire and Ice: Puritan and Reformed Writings
Site includes extensive extracts from many important writers and poets, as well as biographical and historians’ writings and links (Bill Carson)
The Puritan Movement
A useful resource (Internet Shakespeare Editions)
The Puritan Tradition and American Memory
‘Pilgrims’ and ‘Puritans’ and their cultural influences (Scott Atkins)
Redefining the Sacred in Early Modern England
Site for a seminar at the Folger Shakespeare Library in 1998; includes images of printed texts and manuscripts with excellent commentaries (Folger Institute)
Reformation and Counter-reformation
Useful links (Stephanie Marra, WWW-VL)
Reformation Europe
Primary source extracts and web links (Internet Modern History Sourcebook)
The Reformation Guide
Resources for well-known individuals, considers regional variations (Laurence Bates)
The European Reformation
a set of lectures and related resources (Skip Knox)
Reformation links
Links to many important texts of Reformation writers (Hans Rollmann)
Religion and the Founding of the American Republic
From the first settlers seeking refuge from persecution to the Revolution, this online exhibit examines the role of religion in the making of the US (Library of Congress)
