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Bibliography

Sources & further reading

The histories, archives and reference works this project draws on, grouped by period.

General Histories

  1. Morgan, Kenneth O., ed. The Oxford History of Britain. Oxford University Press, revised edition, 2010.
  2. Schama, Simon. A History of Britain. 3 vols., BBC, 2000-2002.
  3. Black, Jeremy. A History of the British Isles. Palgrave Macmillan, 3rd edition, 2012.
  4. Colley, Linda. Britons: Forging the Nation, 1707-1837. Yale University Press, revised edition, 2009.

Prehistoric, Roman & Early Medieval Britain

  1. Pryor, Francis. Britain BC: Life in Britain and Ireland Before the Romans. HarperCollins, 2003.
  2. Cunliffe, Barry. Iron Age Communities in Britain. Routledge, 4th edition, 2005.
  3. Salway, Peter. Roman Britain. Oxford University Press, 1981.
  4. Stenton, Frank M. Anglo-Saxon England. Oxford University Press, 3rd edition, 1971.
  5. Higham, N. J., & Ryan, Martin J. The Anglo-Saxon World. Yale University Press, 2013.

Medieval & Early Modern Britain

  1. Morris, Marc. The Norman Conquest. Hutchinson, 2012.
  2. Carpenter, David. Magna Carta. Penguin, 2015.
  3. Harriss, Gerald. Shaping the Nation: England 1360-1461. Oxford University Press, 2005.
  4. Guy, John. Tudor England. Oxford University Press, 1988.
  5. MacCulloch, Diarmaid. The Reformation: A History. Allen Lane, 2003.
  6. Woolrych, Austin. Britain in Revolution, 1625-1660. Oxford University Press, 2002.

Modern Britain, Industry & Empire

  1. O’Gorman, Frank. The Long Eighteenth Century: British Political and Social History, 1688-1832. Bloomsbury, 2nd edition, 2016.
  2. Briggs, Asa. Victorian People: A Reassessment of Persons and Themes, 1851-1867. University of Chicago Press, 1955.
  3. Porter, Bernard. The Lion’s Share: A Short History of British Imperialism, 1850-2004. Pearson, 4th edition, 2004.
  4. Darwin, John. Unfinished Empire: The Global Expansion of Britain. Allen Lane, 2012.
  5. Clarke, Peter. Hope and Glory: Britain 1900-2000. Penguin, 2nd edition, 2004.
  6. Kynaston, David. Austerity Britain, 1945-1951. Bloomsbury, 2007.

Archives, Museums & Reference Resources

  1. The National Archives. Education and historical records . UK Government, ongoing.
  2. British Library. Historical manuscripts and learning resources . London, ongoing.
  3. British Museum. Collection database . London, ongoing.
  4. Historic England. Research and heritage records . Ongoing.
  5. UK Parliament. Living Heritage . Parliamentary history and primary materials, ongoing.
  6. Imperial War Museums. Articles and collections on modern conflict . Ongoing.
  7. Encyclopædia Britannica. British history and biographical reference entries. Ongoing.

Images & Attribution

  1. Wikimedia Commons. Public-domain and Creative Commons-licensed portraits, artworks, maps and photographs. Ruler-image licenses and source URLs are recorded in the project’s attribution data.
  2. Wikipedia contributors. Biographical and event pages used for orientation and cross-reference. Claims are checked against specialist and institutional sources where available.