France: 1066 - 1453
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- Medieval documents reproduced on the Ministry of Culture's Archim imagebank.
- (7th to 16th centuries; photo facsimiles)
- Royal seals of the Bourgogne dynasty reproduced on the Ministry of Culture's Archim imagebank.
- (9th to16th centuries; photo facsimiles)
- Reproductions of manuscript illuminations and decor
- Preserved in French municipal libraries, linked in a database searchable by multiple criteria.
- Produced through the auspices of CNRS.
- (8th to 18th centuries; facsimiles and metadata)
- (987-1291; photo facsimiles, sound files and commentaries)
- This section includes primary documents of post-1066 France online.
- (1066 - 1603; facsimiles and transcriptions)
- (1131-1215; English translations)
- (1173: Letter; Latin transcription; English translation)
- Facsimiles from the Bibliothèque Nationale
- (1318-1380; photo facsimiles of manuscripts)
- Excerpts from an 1805 translation by Thomas Johnes
- Edited by Steve Muhlenberger of Nipissing University (Canada)
- (14th century; English translations)
- Excerpted accounts of the Hundred Years' War
- (1369-1410; English translations)
See also details for reading Froissart's chronicles on the web in the original French or in modern French translation.
Faits d'armes (Deeds of Arms)
- Edited by Steve Muhlenberger of Nipissing University (Canada)
- (14th and early 15th centuries; transcriptions from Scots English, Middle English, Middle French and Latin; also English translations)
Les très riches heures du Duc de Berry
(A medieval book of hours)
- (ca. 1412-1416; photo facsimiles)
- (Transcriptions and translations)
- (1412/13 - 1431; mostly English translations)
- A contemporary chronicle of Joan of Arc's life by Christine de Pisan.
- (approx. 1429; facsimile and original French transcription with English translation)
- Royal monetary edicts and decrees from the mid ninth century until after the French Revolution.
- Also a good source for information on the succession of French kings.
- (843-1792; published transcriptions in pdf file).
- Under construction in reverse chronological order: most recent years available first.
- A set of historical maps from Dr. Ronnie Ellenblum's Historic Cities
- (Facsimiles).
- A growing collection of documented texts.
- (From ancient times through 1914; Latin, Langue d'Oc, Langue d'Oil transcriptions and translations)
- Photographic reproductions of constitutions, edicts, treaties, letters, photos, atlases and official seals
- of relevance to French national and regional history --
- available either by search engine or by thematic "dossiers."
- Includes primary and secondary documents, provided by Don Mabry.
- (Transcriptions, facsimiles and commentaries, mostly in English)
- Historical documents and commentary on the region -- former duchy -- of Savoy.
- (1100 - present; French & Latin transcriptions, facsimiles and commentaries)
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Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA.
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