ENGLISH CIVIL WAR LINKS
RE-ENACTMENT
SITES
Sealed knot home page www.sealedknot.org The best page for English Civil War Re-Enactors by far.
Manus O'Cahan's Regiment Of Foot http://ocahans.thesealedknot.org.uk/
Scot's-Irish division to which I belong in the re-enactors of the Sealed Knot.
THE
BATTLES AND BATTLEFIELDS
http://www.british-civil-wars.co.uk/ General overview.
http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/trlout_gfx_en/TRA22987.html
Naseby
THE
PEOPLE INVOLVED
County
Durham recusants http://www.geocities.com/englishrevolution/hixon.htm
Lancashire Royalist Sir George Middleton http://www.geocities.com/englishrevolution/leighton.htm
Madeley in Shropshire
http://www.geocities.com/englishrevolution/madeley.htm
Humfrey Noye, Royalist gentleman gentlemanhttp://www.geocities.com/englishrevolution/noye.htm
House of Correction in Middlewich Middlewichhttp://www.geocities.com/englishrevolution/middlewi.htm
Winstanley
& The Diggers http://gouk.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fdiggers.org%2Fdiggers%2Fdigg_eb.html
http://www.spurgeon.org/~phil//puritans.htm The
Puritans
http://exlibris.org/nonconform/engdis/index.html Dissenting
sects
Voluntarianism
http://members.aol.com/Vlntryst/3nbnb.html
Witchcraft
http://www.hulford.co.uk/trials.html
witch trials
http://www.british-civil-wars.co.uk/biog/argyll.htm The
Marquis Of Argyll
http://www.bilderberg.org/land/index.htm Levellers
& Diggers.
GENERAL ESSAYS
ON THE CIVIL WAR
http://www.thevickerage.worldonline.co.uk/ecivil/index.htm General
year by year Civil War History
http://www.mondopolitico.com/discus/messages/68/801.html?1042903625 Cromwell
on Charles 1st.
MONTROSE,
AND THE SCOTS/IRISH INVOLVEMENT IN THE CIVIL WAR
http://www.montrose-society.org.uk/index.html The
Montrose Society
alasdair mccolla http://www.scotwars.com/html/maccolla_intro.htm
http://www.celticleague.org/history_4-04a.html
htthttp://www.celticleague.org/history_10-03.html
alasdair macdonald ballad http://www.scotwars.com/html/textonly/maccolla_song.htm
Montrose http://www.scotwars.com/html/montrose_bckgrd_overview.htm
http://www.british-civil-wars.co.uk/biog/montrose.htm
http://www.highlandconnection.org/clandonaldhistory.html montrose o cahan link
http://www.scotwars.com/html/manus_ocahans_regiment.htm reprint of the mercurius article
Great Rebellion Massacre Of
Protestants http://www.waterfordcountylibrary.ie/library/categories/onlineresources/article80/allegedmassacre.doc
Aberdeen Massacre http://www.leopardmag.co.uk/feats/31/lucky-escape-for-fyvies-bonnie-lass
Battle Of Fyfe http://www.abirnie.freeserve.co.uk/fyvie2001/battle_of_fyvie_16441.htm
Battle Of Inverlochy http://www.electricscotland.com/history/shepherd/frebruary.htm
names and numbers roll call
http://laghtnan.sealedknot.org/irish.htm
Domestic
Annals of Scotland
http://www.electricscotland.com/history/domestic/index.htm
Battle of Worcester
http://www.electricscotland.com/history/articles/worcester.htm
THIRTY YEARS WAR – CIVIL
WAR SITES
Scots in
Sweden
http://www.electricscotland.com/history/sweden/index.htm
Scots in Germany
http://www.electricscotland.com/history/germany/scotsndx.htm
Scots in Poland
http://www.electricscotland.com/history/poland/scotsndx.htm
http://www.reformation.org/lion-of-the-north.html
DOCUMENTS
FROM THE 17th CENTURY
http://www.constitution.org/eng/conpur043.htm
full text of the Grand Remonstrance
case parliament issued against the king.http://eebo.chadwyck.com/marketing/about.htm
(Early English Books Online)
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/subject.asp?subjectid=28
(Parliamentary history from the British History online website)
http://www.caliverbooks.com/
(reproduction books and pamphlets, also Military Books, Role Playing Games,
CCGs, Wargames, Games Workshop, LARP accessories)
http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/H/history/guide17/part01.html
(the Time Traveller's Guide to Stuart England online)
http://www.frozen-fyre.com/16CWillsArticle.htm
(wills)
http://www.lukehistory.com/resources/index.html
(pamphlets, news sheets and other documents)
http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/
(essays and articles on 17th century art and literature)
http://www.paulmeekins.co.uk/
(specialist 17th century bookseller - second-hand, out of print and new)
http://www.portsdown.demon.co.uk/mark.htm
(tariff for emigrants with prices from 1625)
http://www.rod-neep.co.uk/books/ref/0477/index.htm
(CD book of engravings and woodcuts)
http://www.constitution.org/eng/conpur_.htm Constitutional
papers from the Puritan Government.
WOMEN IN THE 17th CENTURY
http://www.wwnorton.com/nael/17century/topic_1/welcome.htm
(the 17th century housewife in English literature)
WEAPONRY
http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Campground/8551/index.html
Muskets
http://www.swordhistory.com/home.html
History Of The Sword
http://www.dimacleod.co.uk/history/ecwshots.htm Artillery
COSTUME/UNIFORM SITES
http://www.costumes.org/history/100pages/timelinepages/1630to1665a.htmhttp://costume.dm.net/dyes/artofdying.html
cloth dying http://www.marquise.de/en/1600/pics/index.shtml
Baroque costumes. http://www.masterarmourer.com/ Armour
http://www.the-armoury.co.uk/
Armour
http://www.themerchantventurers.co.uk/Index2.asp Armourhttp://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/trlout_gfx_en/TRA22987.html
Buff coats http://jas-townsend.com/
(made to measure clothing)
http://www.costumes.org/history/100pages/17thlinks.htm
(a site full of links)
http://www.manchestergalleries.org/html/costume/goc_collection.html
(costume gallery)
http://www.apparelsearch.com/definitions/definition_list_clothes.htm
(cloth and clothes)
http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/shoe/RESEARCH/GLOSSARY/bdefs.htm
(shoes, historical)
http://www.saintives.com/essays/textile_primer.htm
(materials, historical)
http://www.thrednedlestrete.com/morse/Glossary.htm
(clothing, historical)
http://www.vertetsable.com/research_vocabulary.htm#a
http://www.whaleys-bradford.ltd.uk/glossary.cfm
(material)
Hats
http://www.hatshapers.com/Hat%20Dictionary.htm
http://www.thrednedlestrete.com/morse/GlossaryC.htm
Hose
http://www.dabbler.com/ndlwrk/stocking.html
(hand knit)
http://www.vertetsable.com/demos_stockings.htm
(has a pattern for cut hose)
Jewellery
http://www.ladysmaidjewels.com/Articles/cheapside.html
(The Cheapside Hoard "greatest find of 16th-17th century jewelry made for
commoners.")
Lace
http://www.costumes.org/HISTORY/100pages/17THLACE.HTM
Patterns
http://freespace.virgin.net/f.lea/index.htm
(Tudor costumes, but has lots of useful information on it)
http://jas-townsend.com/
http://www.lostcoasthistpatterns.com/underpinnings.html
(women’s underclothes)
http://www.paulmeekins.co.uk/patterns/patternsindex.htm
http://www.reconstructinghistory.com/
http://www.sewingcentral.com/cgi-bin/Web_store/web_store.cgi?page=pp.html&cart_id=8515131_4367
Petticoats
http://costume.dm.net/cartpleat/
(cartridge pleats)
Sewing
http://www.crewelwork.com/history.htm
(crewel work)
Shoes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clogs
(Clogs)
http://www.cordwainers.org/later_history.html
(Cordwainers)
http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/shoe/RESEARCH/GLOSSARY/bdefs.htm
(footwear glossary)
Snapsacks
http://www.fairfax.org.uk/main/gallery/gallery5/ffxgallery.htm
Suppliers and Tailors
http://costume.dm.net/corsets/
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/kurtjewkes/Index.htm
(Eleanor’s Trunk)
http://www.agesofelegance.co.uk/
http://www.annabelchaffer.co.uk/products/designer_jewellery/museum_london_cheapside_jewellery_collection_page01.htm
(replicas of The Cheapside Hoard for sale)
http://www.calltoarms.com/sallygrn.htm
(Sally Green)
http://www.costumes.org/HISTORY/100pages/17THLACE.HTM
(lace)
http://www.costumes.org/history/100pages/17thlinks.htm
(a site full of links)
http://www.dabbler.com/ndlwrk/stocking.html
(hand knit)
http://www.lacis.com/ (embroidery supplier)
http://www.periodglasses.com/
(spectacles)
http://www.pewterreplicas.com/
http://www.plantagenet-repros.com/index.html
(also wrought ironwork)
http://www.qualitycaps.co.uk/
http://www.sarahjuniper.co.uk/
(hand sewn boots and shoes)
http://www.thehcc.co.uk/
http://www.themerchantventurers.co.uk/Index2.asp
http://www.vanessatreasure.co.uk/
http://www.venacavadesign.co.uk/
(corsetry website)
http://www.venacavadesign.co.uk/Pages/DraftBones.htm
(boning etc)
http://www.vertetsable.com/
http://www.warwear.co.uk/
Women’s clothing (general)
http://www.chepstowe.co.uk/clothes.html
(has sketches of some patterns)
http://www.kipar.org/baroque-costumes/costumes_female_focus.html
(accessories)
http://www.kipar.org/baroque-costumes/costumes_female_working.html
http://www.metaweb.com/wiki/wiki.phtml?title=Stephenson:Neal:Quicksilver:176:Black_Velvet_(Scott_Elkin)
(comparing pre-Restoration and Restoration dress, with reference to a pamphlet
called "A Just and Seasonable Reprehension of Naked Breasts and
Shoulders")
http://www.portsdown.demon.co.uk/lace.htm
(lace making)
http://womenshistory.about.com/library/pic/hollar/blhollar1.htm
(Hollar’s engravings)
Women’s underclothes
http://costume.dm.net/corsets/
http://fashion-era.com/early_corsetry.htm#17th_Century_Boned_Bodices_
ART
http://cartelen.louvre.fr/cartelen/visite?srv=car_not_frame&idNotice=25528
David Tenniers.
http://www.kipar.org/baroque-costumes/costumes_female_working.html
Portraits/depictions of women in the 17th Century
LITERATURE/POETRY
http://www.ic.arizona.edu/ic/mcbride/lanyer/lanyer.htm
(17th century poetess Aimelia Lanyer)
http://www.uni-koeln.de/phil-fak/englisch/kurse/17c/poets.htm
(17th century female poets)
http://www.mcgonagall-online.org.uk/poems/pgexmont.htm Post
Civil War William McGonagall poem on the execution of Montrose. (hilariously
bad tribute poem by Scotland's worst Bard.
FOOD & DRINK SITES OF 17th
CENTURY INTEREST
http://www.plimoth.org/learn/education/kids/homeworkHelp/dinner.asp
Essay on diet in the period.
http://www.carrotmuseum.co.uk/maroon.html
A surprisingly informative history of the carrot in art, cooking and culture.
Eating
Equipment
http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/frames.shtml?http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/ceramics/pages/subcategory.asp?subcat_id=707&subcat_name=London-area+redware&page=2
(pots and drinking vessels from archaeological digs)
http://www.pewterreplicas.co.uk/
http://www.themerchantventurers.co.uk/Index2.asp
Medicine
http://www.nps.gov/colo/Jthanout/DrugProd.html
Recipes
http://www.godecookery.com/engrec/engrec.html
(includes medicines)
Traditional food
http://clyderobin.com/seeds/queen_annes_lace.htm
http://website.lineone.net/~stolarczyk/history.html
http://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/
http://www.paeo.de/h1/parki.html
(and other plants)
http://www.plimoth.org/learn/education/kids/homeworkHelp/dinner.asp
(17th century colonial food, with a discussion of the English diet)
http://www.seedfest.co.uk/ (UK site of
"High Quality Heirloom Vegetable Seeds")
http://www.vegetableseed.net/
("High Quality Heirloom Vegetable Seeds" includes recipes)
SMOKING
http://www.nfi.org.za/palaeo/pipes.htm
(chemical residue found in pipes in Virginia)
http://www.ramshornstudio.com/pipe_smoking.htm
(women and pipes)
http://www.virginiadigs.com/broaddus_flats/images/artifacts/artifacts_2.html
(under construction)
BOOKS ON THE CIVIL WAR PERIOD
http://www.paulmeekins.co.uk/ Paul meekins Book sales.
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft9v19p2p6/ Full text of the Pauline Gregg Charles 1st History book.
http://www.caliverbooks.com/HTML/calintro.htm Caliber
Books
http://www.greenhillbooks.com/ (military books)
http://www.harlotpublications.co.uk/ (pamphlets
and books about crafts & history)
FILM REVIEWS ON 17th Century FILMS
http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/H/history/c-d/cromwell.html Cromwell
reviewed.
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