October Novel Prep Challenge

Hello everyone!

I don't know how many people here will be interested in this, or find it helpful, but I'm going to share on the off chance that someone may find this helpful.

I am not currently writing an historical novel, but I have worked on them in the past. My novel is a fantasy novel with historical elements, however. Inter-dimensional travel. My protagonist is from the 19th century, and is transported to an alternate dimension fantasy world that is loosely inspired by the late medieval period.

Anyway, this means that now and in the past I have had to do some pretty extensive research. I'm a bit of a history geek anyway, so I do end up reading and watching educational history material anyway, but I've ended up with my fair share of writing research links over time. Sharing is caring!

If even one of you is able to make use of one of these links, it will totally be worth it. If anyone is looking for further related links, feel free to shoot me a message as I probably have more or could obtain more.

1500s English names - http://www.mygen.com/users/outlaw/English%20Names%20of%20the%201500s%20-%20Outla...
1500s Spanish names - http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~kvs/heraldry/spanish16/
1800s American names - http://www.galbithink.org/names/us200.htm
Middle English words - https://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/Middle_English_terms.html
Historic Figures - http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/
English Royalty, present and past - https://www.royal.uk/
General History Site - http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/
Making of America - Primary American History Resources - http://ebooks.library.cornell.edu/m/moa/
Documentary on Victorian era pharmacies - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsIAGCqN4po&list=PL8OoOw9UHgWuuHY2h-mjwKQxzXta7H...
Documentary on 1940s Houses - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdOkTeXREa8
Documentary on Victorian era farms - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4apIM4l0laY&list=PLFt-0pV1FSz7kqOxGPgB2OeAsI-joh...
Documentary on Tudor monastery farms - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1ERDYjsHBg
Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England - http://www.sacred-texts.com/chr/bede/index.htm
Malleus Maleficarum (15th century with hunting book) - http://www.sacred-texts.com/pag/mm/index.htm
Daemonologie (King James I book on witches) http://www.sacred-texts.com/pag/kjd/index.htm
Woman, Church, and State (19th century feminist text) http://www.sacred-texts.com/wmn/wcs/index.htm
Vindication of the Rights of Woman (18th century feminist text) http://www.sacred-texts.com/wmn/vind.txt
Travel Maps for the Roman Empire - http://orbis.stanford.edu/
Information on a variety of dead languages - https://lrc.la.utexas.edu/eieol
General Historical Figures - http://www.biography.com/news/section/history-and-culture
General Information and links between people - http://www.nndb.com/
Archaeological information - http://www.archaeology.org/
General information - Encyclopedia Britannica - https://www.britannica.com/
Discover Magazine - http://discovermagazine.com/topics/living-world
General History - Smithsonian - http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/
General English history - http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/