Research Guides: HIST 244: The French Revolution and the Napoleonic Empire: Primary Sources

Recommended Collections

Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity - The French Revolution
Primary documents exploring the French Revolution.
French Revolution Sources - Internet History Sourcebook
Gateway collection of links to primary sources repositories. From Fordham University.
French Revolutionary Pamphlets
From the University of Alabama
French Revolution Pamphlets Collection 1779-1815
Pamphlets documenting the period leading up to the French Revolution through the Napoleonic Wars. From Ball State University.
French Revolutionary Drama and Pamphlets
in French Includes books, serials, and pamphlets. From the University of Florida.
French Revolution Digital Archives
Contains Parliamentary archives from the Revolution in French, also includes an excellent array of images from the French Revolution
Revolutionary France
Primary source documents about the Algerian Way, French Revolution, and Paris Commune. Part of the Marxist History Archives.

Eurodocs, France
French historical documents, transcribed, reproduced in facsimile, or translated. From antiquity to the present.
Gallica
French National Library digital collections. *in French
ARTFL
Directory of public databases covering French culture and history.

Artstor
High-quality images of artworks and cultural objects from institutions and museums that have been rights-cleared for education and research.
Detailed Guide to this resource.

Europeana
Digitized multimedia library of European cultural heritage: books, manuscripts, photos, paintings, maps, audio and film material, newspapers, etc.

Internet Archive
Internet Archive is a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, etc.
“Books in this collection may be borrowed by logged in patrons for a period of two weeks. You may read the books online in your browser, or download them into Adobe Digital Editions, a free piece of software used for managing loans.”
Some books have long waiting lists (and maybe a single issue to lend)

Library of Congress World Digital Library
Cultural heritage materials gathered during the World Digital Library (WDL) project, including thousands of items contributed by UNESCO partner organizations worldwide as well as content from Library of Congress collections.