Henry III Fine Rolls Project: A window into English history, 1216-1272

King's College London's Department of History and Centre for Computing in the Humanities, in conjunction with The National Archives and Canterbury Christ Church University

http://digitalhistory.unl.edu/p-reviews/henrynichols.php

The project covers the void in written content by interpreting the texts, collating them with others, and providing search indexes, as King John's fine rolls are still in print editions along with the european parliament records up to 1272. Within a hyperlinked list, the key references are arranged chronologically, allowing for the simple location and search of particular years.Hyperlinks for Zoomify-enhanced facsimile manuscript images are placed at the top, and duplicated in the transcribed text, until a fine roll is opened from the list. This structure provides convenient access to a wide variety of content formats for the user.
The material is provided in a minimaliic sdesign, interspersed with just a few footnotes to include the logic behind the precise date of an entry, reference to another document, or judgment on an editorial translation, since the original document was in Latin. As a multimedia archive, the Henry III Fine Rolls Project delivers an important service, expanding analysis through different index search tools not present in the print media. However, the project is, of course, closely related to the printing activities of the rolls.
-Sofia Trushina

Nothing but access to the internet and a will to learn,

This source is unique since it provides exclusive information not available anywhere else.

This project is a perfect database for research on the topics like Henry the lll and English history between years 1216-1272.