18th Century Resources
Roxanne Kent-Drury
Northern Kentucky University
General Resources
Voice of the Shuttle 18th century page
Jack Lynch's 18th century resources
Eighteenth-century resources from the E-server
Resources for teachers from the National Humanities Center (click on Toolboxes)
Norton Topics Online: Restoration & Eighteenth Century
Regency Ring
Eighteenth-century Short Title Catalogue (ESTC)
How to Find Materials in
The Eighteenth Century
Microfilm Series
Organizations
American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies
International Society for 18th-century Studies
(in French)
Voltaire Foundation
Johnson Society of London
ARTFL
Bayles Dictionnaire Historique et Critique
Genres
Prose
18th-century Fiction
Epistolary Novels
Periodicals
Internet Library of Early Journals
The Spectator--Internet Archive
Selections from the Spectator
Early Eighteenth-Century Newspaper Reports
(Rictor Norton)
Johnson's Life, including
The Rambler
online
(1-28 currently)
Drama
Diaries of the 17th Century
--Brief article on the BBC Social History pages
Disciplines
Mathematicians of the 17th and 18th centuries
Women
Perdita Project--Early Modern Women's Manuscript Compilations
Warrior Women and Popular Balladry
(Dianne Dugaw's site at University of Oregon)
The Lady's Magazine
Special Topics
Science
The Old Operating Theatre
Law and Crime
The Proceedings of the Old Bailey London 1674-1834
Making Sense of English Law Enforcement in the 18th century
--Article by David Friedman
Religion in 18th-century America
Warwick 18th Century Center
American Architecture
Material Culture
Plimouth Plantation
Stanley Whitman House
, Farmington, CT
16th-18th century Dutch
Costume
18th century costume
Regency Dress
Glossary of Costume
Chawton, MA in 18th Century Studies
--University of Southampton's site for 18th century studies
Landscape and Architecture
Vaux le Vicomte
--17th century French architecture & landscape gardens, created by
Jean-Baptiste Colbert
.
Food
17th century cookery
Economics
Adam Smith Society
Dictionaries
Canting Dictionary
Johnson's Dictionary Project
Authors
Jane Austen
Aphra Behn
John Gay
Samuel Pepys' Diary
--A site that currently plans to add an entry a day until complete.
Alexander Pope
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
Teaching Resources
Russ Hunt's student site
Miscellaneous
Life in Restoration England
Revised 29 September 2011
Roxanne Kent-Drury
Northern Kentucky University