NHD 2018 Conflict & Compromise Topic Ideas: European History 16th Century

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

More NHD 2018 Primary Sources & Resources

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