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HISE 3525 Monarchs, Witches, and Heretics: Early Modern England 1485 - 1714 (Hendley) Fall 2025, 3525-01

Course guide for research sources for HISE 3525

Finding Primary Sources

When searching print and online access tools, use search terms such as SOURCES, CORRESPONDENCE, PERSONAL NARRATIVES, DIARIES, RECORDS AND CORRESPONDENCE, SERMONS, SPEECHES, PAPERS.

Look for titles of primary sources in secondary sources and in lists included in bibliographies of secondary sources. Use text, class, and library bibliographies for recommended titles or listings of primary sources.

Selected Sources

Books and their call numbers for Primary Sources
Book Call Number
Constitutional Documents of the Puritan Revolution DA 400 G22 1906 (Circulating Coll.)
Source-Book of English History DA 32.5 L5 (Circulating Coll.)

English Experience: Its Record in Early Printed Books

  • published in facsimile
DA 32.5 E6 (Circulating Coll.)
English Historical Documents v. 1 & 2 DA 26 E55 (on reserve)
Elizabeth I and Her Age:  Authoritative texts, Commentary and Criticism DA 350 E443 2009 (on reserve)
A Documentary History of England DA 26 D55 (on reserve)

Archives Unbound:  Witchcraft in Europe and America

  • Refer only to witchcraft in England from 1485 – 1714
Under Databases on library website