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The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, 1674-1913

The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, 1674-1913

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“The Old Bailey Proceedings Online makes available a fully searchable, digitised collection of all surviving editions of the Old Bailey Proceedings from 1674 to 1913, and of the Ordinary of Newgate’s Accounts between 1676 and 1772. It allows access to 197,752 trials and biographical details of approximately 2,500 men and women executed at Tyburn, free of charge for non-commercial use. “In addition to the text, accessible through both keyword and structured searching, this website provides digital images of all 190,000 original pages of the Proceedings and 4,000 pages of Ordinary’s Accounts, advice on methods of searching this resource, information on the historical and legal background to the Old Bailey court and its Proceedings, and descriptions of published and manuscript materials relating to the trials covered.”

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England’s Immigrants

England’s Immigrants

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“England’s Immigrants 1330-1550, a fully-searchable database containing over 64,000 names of people known to have migrated to England during the period of the Hundred Years’ War and the Black Death, the Wars of the Roses and the Reformation. “The information within this database has been drawn from a variety of published and un-published records – taxation assessments, letters of denization and protection, and a variety of other licences and grants – and offers a valuable resource for anyone interested in the origins, destinations, occupations and identities of the people who chose to make England their home during this turbulent period.”

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Early Modern Festival Books Database

Early Modern Festival Books Database

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“The Early Modern Festival Books Database presents more than 3000 festival books published between 1500 and 1800 in 12 languages. These are printed accounts commissioned by kings and princes, by cities, and by the church to record such events as coronations, ceremonial entries into cities, ambassadorial visits, weddings, christenings, victory and peace celebrations, funerals, civic celebrations of all kinds, investitures of popes and cardinals, canonizations of saints and translations of relics, among others. “The database is an expanded and fully revised version of the bibliographical and historical handbook Festivals and Ceremonies. A Bibliography of Works Relating to Court, Civic and Religious Festivals in Europe 1500-1800 by Helen Watanabe-O’Kelly and Anne Simon (London: Continuum, 2000). Festivals and Ceremonies not only provided bibliographic details of the works it listed, but also historical information about the festival the publication relates to, such as the occasion, its main actors, and the artists and genres involved. When this standard tool of festival research went out of print, it was decided not to reprint it in book form but to turn it into a freely available, fully searchable database and to use this opportunity not only to check the information it contained but to provide links to a digitized version of the texts, wherever such a version existed.”

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Concert Programmes

Concert Programmes

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“The sheer number of individual programmes means that creating a union catalogue at item level is not a viable option in the short or medium term. Instead, the Concert Programmes Project aims to create an online database of concert programme holdings in the UK and Ireland at collection level to enable scholars and music lovers to locate material that may be relevant to their research and and interests, and library professionals to identify priorities for collection development and preservation.”

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The Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England (PASE)

The Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England (PASE)

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“The Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England (PASE) is a database which aims to provide structured information relating to all the recorded inhabitants of England from the late sixth to the late eleventh century. It is based on a systematic examination of the available written sources for the period, including chronicles, saints’ Lives, charters, libri vitae, inscriptions, Domesday Book and coins; and is intended to serve as a research tool suitable for a wide range of users with an interest in this period.”

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Concepts Have Teeth, And Teeth That Bite Through Time

Concepts Have Teeth, And Teeth That Bite Through Time

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“The site features artists living on Blackfoot territory in Canada and in the U.K. who are connected with mootookakiossin.ca, a project that shares the knowledge from historical Blackfoot items held in British museum collections. In some cases, the connection is direct, such as Blackfoot artists who are creating new artworks informed by their ancestor’s items imagery and techniques. For all the artwork you will find here, Mootookakio’ssin supports artists in addressing the legacies of colonialism that museum practices can reveal, the relationship between physical and digital artworks, and how identity is entangled with these practices. “While creating this site, we asked ourselves how the design could encourage an experience of the creative works that interrupted typical art-viewing like you might find at a gallery or museum as well as counter the disembodied experience of viewing art online. It was important to encourage interaction with the works so we added lots of paths for you to follow. We replaced straight lines with curving ones and tried to create a sense of depth and space. We really wanted to get beyond a digital exhibition space as just a virtual white wall.”

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