Homework - History

• This online course by Professor Thomas Hooker of Washington State University offers a terrific overview of Ancient and Medieval History, as well as the Reformation. It offers clear and informative lecture notes, maps, a photo gallery, timelines, links to relevant sites, and more. Topics include: Reformation The Northern Renaissance, Martin Luther, Ulrich Zwingli, John Calvin, Protestant England, Counter-Reformation, Religious Wars (Thirty Years War). Resources include: Readings in Reformation Culture, A Glossary of Reformation Terms and Concepts, Reformation and Northern Renaissance Gallery, and Internet Resources on the Reformation.

• A great starting point for learning about the Age of Exploration, the Discovers Web is a collection of links to sites on the 15th and 16th century voyages of exploration and discovery. In addition, there are a large number of biographies and links on single explorers or subjects, a special page for multi-page sites on voyages of discovery, an alphabetical list of explorers, and "exploring is risky business," a list of explorers who died during their voyages. Many links and a strong mix of primary and secondary sources.

• History enthusiast Lara E. Eakins runs this broad and frequently updated Tudor History site. Sections incude: The Tudor Monarchs, The Six Wives of Henry VIII, Who's Who in Tudor History, Topics in Tudor History, Chronologies of People and Events, Architecture, Electronic Texts, Genealogical Trees, Glossaries of Words and Terms, Reference Maps, Bibliography, Image Gallery Index, Ask or Help Answer Questions, Student Help, and Links of Interest.

• The website provides a concise summary and year-by-year history of the Thirty Years War. It covers, in varying degrees of detail, the military and diplomatic developments of the Thirty Years War. There is discussion of various phases (Bohemian, Palatinate, Danish, Swedish, and French) of the Thirty Years War as well as the The Peace of Westphalia.

• An encyclopedia-style online free resource focused mostly on British history, medieval era on. Contains some useful images and text selections.

• The History Learning site is a free resoure covering topics such as the Battle of Hastings, the Bayeux Tapestry, castles, feudalism, the lifestyle of the medieval peasant, the Domesday Book; the medieval church; Magna Carta, the Black Death, the Crusades and much more.

• The Internet History Sourcebooks are wonderful collections of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts for educational use by Paul Halsall. The site and its documents are well organized and the breadth of materials is impressive. The Sourcebooks include: Ancient History Sourcebook | Medieval Sourcebook | Modern History Sourcebook | Byzantine Studies Page /African | East Asian | Global | Indian | Islamic | Jewish | Lesbian and Gay | Science | Women's | Medieval Studies Course | Modern History Course | Chinese Studies Course | Medieval Webguide.