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Reshape Henry VII!
http://pobox.upenn.edu/~lblancha/alexwarp/henry7.html
To get rid of those AS frustrations
Brief résumés of Henry VII:
http://www.britannia.com/history/monarchs/mon40.html
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0823371.html
More detail:
British Heritage Henry VII
http://britishhistory.about.com/library/prm/blhenryvii1.htm
Recommended: well-written and detailed
Pictures of Henry and his signature:
http://tudorhistory.org/henry7/gallery.html
UTA Portrait Gallery
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/photodraw/portraits/
A huge selection of portraits of historical figures from the Perry-Castaņeda
Library, University of Texas at Austin.
19th Century political cartoons
http://www.boondocksnet.com/cartoons/
Some very good English (Gillray etc) examples from the Napoleonic period.
Also good material for 1848 France and American Civil War.
By no means complete but it attempts to cover the century.
Contact me if you want to use
the cartoons in your academic work and are having difficulties.
Napoleonic Era
http://www.4reference.net/encyclopedias/wikipedia/Napoleonic_Era.html
An overview of Napoleonic era - Napoleon, his career & his contemporaries..
British Newspaper Coverage of the French Revolution
http://www.english.ucsb.edu/faculty/ayliu/research/around-1800/FR/
British newspapers accounts (selected) of the French Revolution, 1792 - > 1793
Norton World Civilisations: French Revolution and its consequences
http://www.wwnorton.com/college/history/ralph/resource/chron5.htm#ch25
American college site. Some quite useful documents/pics/map in English. >
'Study Questions' worth looking at - but not to spend too much time on!
Paul Halsall - Fordham Internet Modern History Sourcebook: French Revolution
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook13.html
One of the very useful Fordham sites which offer collections of sources and
links to other sites.
Voice of the Shuttle
http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=964
'Voice of the Shuttle': links and sources - most are worthwhile.
Napoleon Bonaparte Internet Guide
http://www.napoleonbonaparte.nl/
A well designed gateway site for anyone interested in Napoleon- the academic
or the wargamer.
There are plenty of interesting leads which are well described, including:
Napoleon and the French Revolution (an article)
http://www.napoleonbonaparte.nl/html/body_nap_and_revolution.html
Links to sites about Napoleon Bonaparte - a very detailed list
http://www.napoleonbonaparte.nl/html/body_napoleon.html
Links related to the Napoleonic era in general - a very detailed list
http://www.napoleonbonaparte.nl/html/body_napoleonic_era.html
PBS Napoleon
http://www.pbs.org/empires/napoleon/home.html
Usual excellent PBS design standard.
Napoleon the general is strongest feature. More useful as a first look for AS,
or a bit of relaxation.
Encarta Napoleon
http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761566988
Encarta article - more than basic, but no great depth. Simple introduction.
Chronology of the French Revolution and Napoleon
http://www.txdirect.net/users/rrichard/napoleo1.htm
A thorough chronology 1763-1821.
Recommended for looking up dates of events, but it is 14 pages long!
AP History weblinks
http://www.historyteacher.net/APEuroCourse/WebLinks/WebLinks-NapoleonicAge.htm
A long, and mixed, list of Napoleon (-ish) links
Leiden University Historical Institute
http://www.let.leidenuniv.nl/history/rtg/emu/ItalianConfederation.html
A collection of useful links on Italian Unification
Age-of-the-sage: Italian Unification - Cavour, Garibaldi and the Making
of Italy
http://www.age-of-the-sage.org/cavour_garibaldi_italy.html
3000 word acoount of Italian Unification, 1847-1871
PinkMonkey The Unification Of Italy
http://www.pinkmonkey.com/studyguides/subjects/euro_his/chap4/e0404201.htm
Simple clear, guide – Cavour, Garibaldi, the story in 5 steps and 2 maps…
2 pages
Unification of Italy – Dr Keith Tankard
http://www.knowledge4africa.com/realism03.htm
Good overview: The War of 1848-9 | The Crimean War, 1854-6 | War with Austria,
1859 | Villafranca and Beyond, 1859-60 | Alliance with Prussia and Full Unification,
1866-70.
BeyondBooks Nationalism & Unification: Italian Unification
http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/2a.asp
Simple guide, nicely designed, with a fun quiz...
Also annotated links (not much) and study questions.
German Unification
http://mars.acnet.wnec.edu/~grempel/courses/wc2/lectures/germanunif.html
An overview of German Unification by Professor Gerhard Rempel, Department of
History, Western New England College.
BeyondBooks Nationalism & Unification: German Unification
http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/2b.asp
Simple guide, nicely designed, with a write your own Ems Telegram feature...
Also annotated links (not much) and study questions.