France: 1454 - 1788
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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 to 16th 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)
- This section includes primary documents of post-1066 France online.
- (1066 - 1603; facsimiles and transcriptions)
- King Réné of Anjou's tournament guidelines
- (1460; Middle French transcription and English translation)
- German translation of the memoirs of Philippe de Commynes,
- treating the times of King Louis XI and Duke Carle of Burgundy.
- (late 15th - early 16th century; German translation)
- Database of document descriptions and reproductions concerning "New France" -- Canada, Acadia, Newfoundland, the Great Lakes region, and Louisiana.
- A portion of the New France - New Horizons website.
- (Mostly 1500 - 1763; searchable facsimiles of documents and photos)
- Missionary texts on the early years of French colonization in North America.
- With chronological access to the texts themselves and the Reuben Gold Thwaites English translations.
- (1610 - 1791; French, Italian & Latin originals with English translations)
- Including first-hand accounts of Samuel de Champlain's journeys in New France
- (1609 - 1635; searchable access to French transcriptions with synoptic English translations)
- Database from the National Archives of Canada
- with more than 50,000 digitised images of colonial history.
- (Searchable access to facsimiles)
- Part of Exploration, Fur Trade and the Hudson's Bay Company website.
- (18th century, searchable access to facsimiles)
- Constitutional documents, treaties, and other primary sources regarding English and French interests in Canada.
- (1760 to the present; transcriptions).
- Digital library of Library of Congress in cooperation with the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
- A bilingual site offering digitized books, prints, maps and manuscripts on the French presence in North America.
- (16th - 19th centuries; facsimiles, transcriptions, and maps).
- (1592-1597, facsimiles).
- Texts & Archives
- (Translations)
- Peace Treaty ending the Thirty Years War.
- (24 October 1648, English translation)
- Documents from the Wars of Religion to the Edict of Tolerance
- reproduced on the Ministry of Culture's Archim imagebank.
- (approx. 1540 - 1788; photo facsimiles)
- Excerpts from letters, diaries, edicts, and other documents of the age.
- (16th - 18th centuries; French transcriptions)
- A collection of primary documents from the Internet Modern History Sourcebook.
- (16th - 17th centuries; transcriptions and translations)
- Important 17th-century contemporary newspaper available online.
- Includes subject indexes of the various volumes.
- Digitized by the Groupe de Recherches Interdisciplinaires sur l'Histoire du Littéraire
- (1605-1643; facsimiles)
- Excerpts from letters, diaries, edicts, and other documents of the age.
- (17th - 18th centuries; French transcriptions)
- Excerpts from diaries and documents on the revocation of the Edict of Nantes.
- (1685; French transcriptions)
- (31 December 1701; transcription).
- From the journals of British Admiral Sir George Rooke, recounting battles against the French and Spanish forces.
- (17 - 23 October, 1702; transcriptions)
- Digitized by David Stewart of Hillsdale College.
- containing names of Intendants and periods of incumbency in different intendances (French provinces).
- From the University of Wisconsin.
- (1661-1790; data files)
- Letters between King Louis XIV and his Naval Secretary Pontchartrain
- reproduced on the Ministry of Culture's Archim imagebank.
- (1703-1714; photo facsimiles)
- (October 1750; transcription).
- (December 1750; English translation)
- (1755-1758; English translations)
- An exhibition celebrating the 250th birthday of the Marquis de LaFayette.
- With primary documents, artifacts and commentary from Cornell University.
- (1757-1834; facsimiles of documents and objects)
- (1778; bilingual English / French facsimile)
- 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.
- Documents from the Avalon Project
- (1778-1843; transcriptions and translations).
- Documents and images from the French-speaking world in the 19th century
- Courtesy of the Bibliothèque nationale de France
- (French facsimiles and transcriptions)
- 100 historical maps of Paris.
- (18th and 19th century; facsimiles -- GIF files)
- 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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