Historical Fiction Resources

HistFiction.Net - Guide to Historical Fiction, Author, Soon-Yong Choi.

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

AlternaTime - a collection of Timelines on the Web

Ambit's Today in History

An (almost) Complete Guide to HF Reference Books

Ancient History Sourcebook

Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies

Archaeological Research at Oslonki, Poland

Beau A.C. Harbin - NetSERF - Medieval Resources on the Web

Bibliography of Historical Fiction for Children - information about the Scottish children's author, and list with synopses of historical novels for young people.

Books on Writing Historical Fiction

Castles on the Web

Historical Fiction Reviews

Historical Mystery Fiction

Born On This Day

Brief Timeline of American Literature and Events

Calendar and Celebration Links

California Heritage Collection

Chase's Calendar of Events

Crazy, Unknown, Bizarre ... Holidays and Observances

Danny Yee's Book Reviews: Historical Fiction

De Re Militari - The Society for Medieval Military History.

Decades.com 1000-1999

Del's Dance Book

dMarie Time Capsule

Duke University - Digital Scriptorium Projects

Earth Calendar - holidays by date, country, religion. lunar phases

Encyclopedia of Days - National holidays, religious festivals, and calendars around the world.

Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern - 6th ed. c2000.

Exploring Ancient World Cultures

FamousBirthdays.com

Greatest Engineering Achievements of the 20th Century

Historical Fiction Review

Historical Mystery Homepage

Historical Novel Society, The - for the historical fiction novelist, reader, and publisher.

History and Historiography

History Links by Time Period

How To Write Historical Fiction:  90 minute audio tape by Roberta Gellis.

HyperHistory Online - 3K years of world history

Knighthood, Chivalry & Tournaments Resource Library

L  abyrinth - Ancient and medieval history.

Library of Congress - American Memory - Historical Collections

Literary Liaison - Researching the Historical Romance

Megalithic Portal - The top destination for Megaliths and Prehistory worldwide

MultiEducator, Inc. - History Central.   Here you will find extensive information on American History and World History. We have special sections on diverse subjects ranging from Presidential Elections to Naval History.

Muslims and Medical History
 
Places of Peace and Power: sacred sites and pilgrimage traditions around the world.

Of Ages Past - dedicated to historical fiction. Includes short stories, novel excerpts, book reviews, articles, awards, and more.

Old Farmer's Almanac

Internet History Sourcebooks are collections of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts presented cleanly (without advertising or excessive layout) for educational use.

Poor Gabriel's Almanac

Prehistoric Fiction

Project Gutenberg

Rulers - Lists of heads of state and heads of government of all countries and territories, usually going back to at least 1900."

Rutgers University Libraries - American and British History links

Saints and Angels - Catholic online.

SCA - Arts and Sciences of the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Members of the SCA practice many arts, sciences, and pasttimes of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, both to broaden their knowledge, and to enhance the atmosphere at Society events. They do this through research, study, and practice, and then share their results with others. This page contains links to many resources, SCA and other, to help those interested in re-creating and studying medieval and renaissance activities

Society of Architectural Historians - The Society of Architectural Historians is an international not-for-profit membership
organization that promotes the study and preservation of the built environment worldwide.

Stone Pages:  Stone circles, dolmens, standing stones, cairns, barrows and hillforts.

Witch Hunts

Copperfield Review -- A quarterly journal for readers and writers of historical fiction. 

Internet Classics Archive

Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies

Online Medieval and Classical Library (OMACL)

Perseus Digital Library - Greek literature, history, art, and archaeology

Swashbuckler's Page - Links and information on historical fiction.

This Day in History - The History Channel.

Those Were The Days

Timeline  - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Today in History - Yahoo.

Today in History - Library of Congress.

Today in Science History

Today in the Historical Sciences

Twentieth Century - year by year

Women as Warriors in History

World Historical Fiction

American Institute of Physics - Center for History of Physics

Ye Olde English Sayings

GUIDESITES

20th Century History

African History

African-American History

American History

Ancient/Classical History

British History

European History

Medieval History

Military History

Women's History
 

BRITAIN

Anthology of Middle English Literature (1350-1485).

British History

Feudal Terms of England

Gaelic - English Dictionary

Mr. William Shakespeare

Stonehenge: The ancient enigma.

Black Death

King Charles V, The Age of

Knighthood and Orders of Chivalry

Life in a Medieval Castle

Mattman's Links to Arthurian Literature

Medieval English Towns 

Age of Arthur - An essay on the historic King Arthur, his life and times.

Arthur: The Matter of Britain - List of links with brief annotations.

Arthurian Legend - Le Morte d'Arthur pictures by Francoise Taylor, a summary of Sir Thomas Malory's story, an Arthurian search engine, and other Arthurian legend topics.

Arthurian Literature & Art - Comprehensive list of Arthurian literature and arts websites, presented by Kathleen Nichols, Pittsburg State University.

Arthurian Resources - Early Medieval Concepts of Arthur - Essays analyzing the Arthurian sources, by Thomas Green. - Encyclopedia Mythica: Arthurian Legend

Arthurian Resources on the Internet - Selective list of Arthurian sites on the internet, by John J. Doherty, Cline Library, Northern Arizona University.

Britannia.com: King Arthur - Extensive collection of Arthurian resources at Britannia Internet Magazine.

Camelot and Arthurian Legend - Overview of the legend and main characters.

Celtic Twilight - Legends of Camelot - Presents texts, infopedia, and list of Arthurian artists.

Holy Grail discovered? - Discussion of the connection between the Holy Grail and King Arthur, its symbolism and its purported discovery.

King Arthur - Overview provided by the village of Caerleon, reputed location of King Arthur's Camelot.

King Arthur & the Knights of the Round Table - Articles, maps, and pictures related to Arthurian legend and tradition.

King Arthur on EBK - The King Arthur section of the Early British Kingdoms website, largely covering the historical but also the literary Arthur.

King Arthur Web Pages - Descriptions of characters and locations in the tales.

Mattman's Arthurian Resources - List of links with brief annotations.

Mordred Online ( The Mordred Project ) - Website devoted to Mordred, son of king Arthur, including information about him appearing in legends, books, films and elsewhere.

Mystical WWW: King Arthur Fact, Semi-legend or Myth? - Crash course in all the names and legends.

Tales of King Arthur - This site offers unknown legends, as well as traditional tales. Many never heard before tales, several pictures and links are included.

The Holy Lineage of the Sangreal - Contains articles surrounding the descendents of the grail bloodline and the relevence of the grail family today.

The Legend of King Arthur - Downloadable book by D. F. Carroll who claims to have proven the reality and identity of King Arthur.

The Quest - An Arthurian Resource  -Overview of characters, history, art and origins, prepared by University of Idaho students.

Timeless Myths: Arthurian Legends - Discover the world of chivalry, relive the tales about King Arthur, Merlin, his knights and the Grail.

Authorian Lore - Trivia

BEOWULF - Hero-Myths and Legends of the British Race, by Maud Isabel Ebbutt [1910], full text at sacred-texts.com

BEOWULFIANA: MODERN ADAPTATIONS OF BEOWULF

EUROPE

Neolithic Mosaic on the North European Plain

Richard III Foundation, Inc.

Literature on the Age of Napoleon

Archaeological Resource Guide for Europe

The Mysteries of Ancient Rome. Detective and the Toga.

Bronze Age in Europe

An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Emperors.

Best of Edward Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

De Imperatoribus Romanis

American History

Civil War Interactive

Slave Narratives

First Americans, The

Gold Rush Stories of Women Pioneers

Making of America

Naval Historical Center, The

People of Color on the Western Frontier

Romancing the Indian - Sentimentalizing and demonizing in Cooper and Twain.

Young Heroes of History.  Children's Historical Fiction, series of novels about the Civil War - for children that are readable and fun!  These adventure packed books starring every day kids make learning history exciting. Free Lesson Plans available.

AmeriSpeak:  Expressions used by early Americans.

Folklore Mythology & Legends

Encyclopedia Mythica "Contains over 5700 definitions of gods and goddesses, supernatural beings and legendary creatures and monsters from all over the world."

Greek Mythology

Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts

Norse Mythology - The Norse gods and immortals.

Odin's Castle Links on folklore and history

The Robin Hood page

Articles

A Few Thoughts on Historical Fiction

Copperfield Review

Caro Clarke Writing Advice

Historical Fiction or Fictionalized History?: Problems for Writers of Historical Novels for Young Adults

Antique Words

Yahoo Historical Fiction Discussion group for writers of historical fiction.

Historical Novel Society -  articles, reviews, newsletter and more.

Of Ages Past: The Online Magazine for Historical Fiction

RedInkWorks Historical Fiction Resources - Encouraging writers to write.

Book Editing Associates