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History: Europe

History of European nations from the Middle Ages to the present including primary sources

Primary sources: United Kingdom

In our History: United Kingdom database list, you can find a great variety of primary sources including:

You may also discover collections of important primary source material within databases that may appear unrelated to your research.  For instance, the Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) daily reports contains information on

  • the 1968 student demonstrations in France,
  • the loss of 4 H-bombs over Spain in 1966,
  • Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn being expelled from the Soviet Union.

Some online resources that are helpful for historical research for the United Kingdom include: