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Websites
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Channel 4 –Time Traveller's Guide to Napoleon's Empire
www.channel4.com/history/microsites/H/history/
guide18/index.html
All you need to know of Napoleon's empire and seizure of power in 1799, plus a guide to the French Revolution.
Channel 4 – Time Traveller's Guide to Stuart England
www.channel4.com/history/microsites/H/history/
guide17/index.html
Excellent guide to the 17th century with information on the movers and shakers of that period and the English Civil War.
Channel 4 – War against Napoleon
www.channel4.com/history/microsites/H/history/
napoleon/index.html
Gives the vital facts and figures about the wars fought between Britain and France during the tumultuous years 1793-1815.
Dendrochronology
www.sonic.net/bristlecone/dendro.html
Simple explanation and history of dendrochronology – the dating of past events (climatic changes) through the study of tree ring growth. Parts of timbers found on wreck sites can be analysed using this method.
HMS Hazardous Project
www.soc.soton.ac.uk/HWTMA/projects/
hms_hazardous.html
Gives the history of the ship, first discovered in 1977, and explains how the 'Diver Trail' works, a development which enables divers to access the site.
Louis XIV of France
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/placentia/louxiv.htm
Biographical information on the French king, with a brief biography of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Secretary of State for the French navy from 1668.
Napoleon Guide
www.napoleonguide.com/
An outstanding site with information on all aspects of warfare, the Napoleonic era and an animated map of the shifting geography of Europe during the Napoleonic Wars.
National Maritime Museum
www.nmm.ac.uk
Opened in 1937, the museum has the most important holdings in the world on the history of Britain at sea and the world's largest maritime historical reference library including books dating back to the 15th century.
Public Record Office
www.pro.gov.uk
National archive of the UK which brings together and preserves the records of central government and the courts of law, and makes them available to the public. The records span an unbroken period from the 11th century to the present day.
SAA Conservation Award
www.saa.org.uk/index/archaeology/
ArchaeologyNews-August02.htm
Bracklesham Bay Sub Aqua-Holics Club is the recent winner of an award for its work on the historic shipwreck HMS Hazardous which sank in 1706. This website contains information for any divers interested in diving this wreck.
The War of the Spanish Succession 1701-1714
www.kipar.org/kirkes_spanish_succession.html
Gives some background information to the bloody wars between England and France during which time the French ship was captured and re-named HMS Hazardous.
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Britain in the Age of the French Revolution 1785-1820 by Jennifer Mori (Longman, 2000)
Examines the impact of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic aftermath on Britain and the revolutionary and democratic ideas of the period.
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The Dynastic State and the Army Under Louis XIV by Guy Rowlands (Cambridge University Press, 2002)
Explains the development of the army between the end of Cardinal Mazarin's ministry and the outbreak of the War of the Spanish Succession. During the rule of Louis XIV there was a massive increase in the size of the French army and an apparent improvement in the quality of its men.
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English Heritage: Ships and shipwrecks by Peter Marsden (BT Batsford, 1997)
An exploration of the history of shipwrecks on Britain's seabeds, with documentary and pictorial evidence presented alongside accounts of the rich archaeological findings. The book is aimed at the general as well as the professional reader.
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Louis XIV: France and Europe 1661-1715 by Richard Wilkinson (Hodder & Stoughton, 2002)
Charts the reign of Louis XIV and examines his religious and foreign policies, his personality and private life.
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Shipwrecks of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Eras by Terence Grocott (Stackpole, 1999)
Details over 1,500 maritime disasters from 1793 to 1815 in an account based on the reporting of the time.
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Warfare in the Seventeenth Century by John Childs (Cassell Military, May 2003)
An illustrated history of 17th century warfare from the conflicts of the Thirty Years War to the campaigns of Louis XIV. A richly detailed picture emerges of military life and structure in the 1600s.
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