Primary Sources: European History

Use this library, archive, and exhibition gallery to find resources on British cartooning over the last two hundred years.

Use EuroDocs to find links to European primary historical documents that shed light on key historical happenings within the respective countries and within the broadest sense of political, economic, social and cultural history.

Use this index of scholarly websites to find resources on Europe, organized by country.

Use this to find images of from the British Empire and Commonwealth Museum.

Use this British Library interactive timeline to explore collection items chronologically, from medieval times to the present day. It includes a diverse combination of texts: those that allow glimpses of everyday life (handbills, posters, letters, diaries), remnants of political events (charters, speeches, campaign leaflets), and the writings of some of our best known historical and literary figures.

Use this postcard site to find a collection of war-themed cards produced in Great Britain, France, Italy, Germany, Russia, and the U.S. during World War One (1914-1918).