Last Updated on September 18, 2018
These curated resource lists coincide with the topic ideas listed in the NHD 2018 Conflict & Compromise theme sample topics list. The links lead to resources accessed from the Library of Congress (LOC.gov) unless otherwise noted.
Martin Luther’s Refusal to Compromise His Ideals
- Martin Luther as Priest, Heretic, and Outlaw: The Reformation at 500 online exhibition
- Martin Luther image set
- Books related to Martin Luther
- Martin Luther resources from the World Digital Library
- Martin Luther Encyclopædia Britannica
- Martin Luther PBS
- Martin Luther Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- How Luther Went Viral The Economist Dec 17th 2011
For the Sake of Divorce: Henry VIII Versus Rome
- Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn at Cardinal Wolsey’s print
- Henry VIII of England, Letter to Anne Boleyn
- The Love Letters of Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn 1906
- Henry VIII’s divorce 1527 The National Archives (UK)
- The Divorce of Catharine of Aragon 1891
- Memoirs of Henry the Eighth of England: with the Fortunes, Fates, and Characters of his Six Wives 1855
- Henry VIII’s Divorce: Literature and the Politics of the Printing Press 1998
- The Divorce of Henry VIII: The Untold Story from Inside the Vatican 2012
- Extinguishing the Pope’s Power in England In Custodia Legis blog July 18, 2017
- Henry VIII resources from the World Digital Library
Bloody Mary: A Catholic Who Refused to Compromise
- Two English Queens and Philip 1908
- Mary I BBC
Catherine de’ Medici and the Huguenots
- Catherine de Medicis as a Widow portrait
- Coat of arms of Catherine de’ Medicis World Digital Library
- Jean Nicot presenting the tobacco plant to Queen Catherine de Medicis lithograph
- Memoirs of . . . Catherine de Medici, Queen of France 1910
- The Wars of Religion in France, 1559-1576; the Huguenots, Catherine de Medici and Philip II 1909
- The Huguenots 1859
- Catherine de’ Medici Encyclopædia Britannica
The Edict of Nantes: Compromise to End Conflict
- Edict of Nantes resources from the World Digital Library
- Edict of Nantes sources British History Online
- Edict of Nantes Encyclopædia Britannica
Conflict at Sea: How the British Defeat of the Spanish Armada Changed the Face of Naval Warfare
- Spanish Armada resources from the World Digital Library
- Investigation: Why did the English fleet defeat the Spanish Armada? British Library
- Britannia crown’d by virtue, tramples on Tyranny & Oppression. In the distance, the defeat of the Spanish Armada print
- The Story of the Spanish Armada poster
- The Spanish Armada BBC
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