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Modern European History

Scholarly guide to resources on the history of Europe from about 1500 CE to date

Government Docs: Primary Source European History Databases

These databases provide electronic reproductions of full-text primary-source documents that originated from the governments of the United Kingdom and other European countries.

United Nations Sources

U.K. National Archives

The National Archives of the United Kingdom (compare with NARA in the U.S.)

Online collection highlight: U.K. Cabinet Papers: 1915-1980

German Archives

Gallica - French Digital Library

The Digital Library of the National Library of France