State Papers Online is the gold standard for anyone conducting research on early modern English politics and culture. Organized in four parts, each cross-searchable and available separately, this online archive of original manuscript documents of British State Papers chronicles domestic and foreign history, from 1509-1714, the period of Henry VIII to Queen Anne.

The second of the four-part archive, State Papers Online, Part II: The Tudors, Henry VIII to Elizabeth I, 1509-1603: State Papers Foreign, Ireland, Scotland, Borders and Acts of Privy Council is an extensive collection of all the foreign state papers of the British monarchy from the reign of Henry VIII in 1509 to the reign of his daughter, Elizabeth I, in 1603. This unique online resource reproduces the original historical manuscripts in facsimile and links each manuscript to its corresponding fully-searchable calendar entry. It is an unprecedented research aid for British Early Modern History and courses on the Tudors.

The third of the four-part archive, State Papers Online, Part III: The Stuarts and Commonwealth, James I – Anne I, 1603-1714: State Papers Domestic gives researchers access to the domestic state papers from the reign of James I through the reign of Anne I. State Papers Online, Part III opens new possibilities for research and teaching in politics, government and social, economic and religious history covering the whole of the seventeenth century.

The final installment of the four-part archive, State Papers Online, Part IV: The Stuarts, James I to Anne, 1603-1714: State Papers Foreign, Ireland, Scotland and Acts of Privy Council is an extensive collection of all the foreign state papers of the British monarchy from the reign of James I in 1603 to the end of the reign of Queen Anne, in 1714. This unique online resource reproduces the original historical manuscripts in facsimile and links each manuscript to its corresponding fully-searchable calendar entry. It is an unprecedented, groundbreaking primary source collection for British Early Modern history and courses on the Stuarts.