"State Papers Online, 1509-1714 is a collection of English government documents originating from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries--when the King or Queen acted as Prime Minister as well as Monarch. The papers feature the office archives and correspondence of the secretaries of state serving the Monarch as facsimile manuscript documents accessed directly or via the fully searchable Calendar entries (abstracts or transcriptions). This collection contains information on every facet of English government, including social and economic affairs, law and order, religious policy, crown possessions and intelligence gathering as well as Britain's international relations and foreign policy.
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Title from home page (viewed June 1, 2009).
Contents
pt. 1. The Tudors, 1509-1603 : state papers domestic pt. 2. The Tudors, 1509-1603 : state papers foreign, Scotland, borders, Ireland and registers of the Privy Council pt. 3. The Stuarts and Commonwealth, James I-Anne I, 1603-1714 : state papers domestic pt. 4. The Stuarts and Commonwealth, James I Anne I, 1603-1714 : state papers foreign, Ireland and registers of the Privy Council.
